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Giant calyx: a disease of eggplant ( Solanum melongena ) associated with a mycoplasma‐like organism in Brazil
Author(s) -
BOITEUX L. S.,
LIMA M. ISABEL,
KITAJIMA E. W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1994.tb01615.x
Subject(s) - melongena , calyx , solanum , biology , disease , solanaceae , organism , botany , mollicutes , mycoplasma , solanum nigrum , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , pathology , medicine , gene
A disease of eggplant ( Solanum melongena ) associated with a mycoplasma‐like organism (MLO) was found in the Federal District, Brazil. Symptoms were characterized by teratological changes in the flowering structure, reduction and malformation of leaves, proliferation of lateral buds, and an overall plant stunting. Evidence for the association between MLO infection and disease symptoms was obtained through graft‐transmission experiments and electron microscopy. This is the first record of an eggplant disease associated with MLOs in Brazil.