scholarly journals Detección molecular de Candidatus liberibacter solanacearum (Zebra Chip) en papa (Solanum tuberosum L,) en Nicaragua

La Calera ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (30) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Jenifer Bermania Ramírez Durán ◽  
Andrea Zamora Jarquín ◽  
Isaías Sánchez Gómez ◽  
Jorge Ulises Blandón Díaz

En el cultivo de papa se han registrado diversos problemas fitosanitarios importantes por la presencia de virus, bacterias y hongos. En los últimos años, productores de los departamentos de Estelí y Jinotega han reportado plantas con síntomas de la enfermedad Zebra chip ocasionada por la bacteria fastidiosa Candidatus liberibacter solanacearum. La enfermedad Zebra chip ha causado grandes pérdidas económicas a los productores de papa del país donde la producción se desarrolla todo el año. Ante esta problemática el Instituto Nicaragüense de tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) junto con la Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA) realizó un estudio comprendido entre los meses de agosto 2015 a Julio 2016 con el objetivo de generar información relacionada a la presencia y distribución de Ca. L. solanacearum en los departamentos mencionados. Se colectaron 162 muestras de tejidos con síntomas de la enfermedad en cuatro localidades de Jinotega y tres localidades de Estelí durante los tres ciclos de siembra del cultivo. Las muestras de tejido fueron procesadas y analizadas en el Centro Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria y Biotecnología (CNIA-INTA) para detectar el agente causal Ca.l. solanacearum utilizando los cebadores moleculares ligados a la bacteria Lso Tx 16/23 y al gen de limpieza Lso adk. 50 muestras resultaron positivas con el cebador Lso Tx 16/23 indicando alta especifi cidad para la detección de este patógeno, mientras que con los cebadores Lso ADK 42 muestras fueron positivas presentando polimorfi smos. Se detectó la bacteria en las zonas de El Tayacán y El Zacatón en el departamento de Estelí y en el departamento de Jinotega El Mojón, La Palmera y San Gregorio. El mayor porcentaje de afectación por Ca. L. solanacearum se presentó en Jinotega con un 52.17% en comparación con Estelí que presento un 22.41% de las muestras colectadas.

2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (6) ◽  
pp. 2595-2603
Author(s):  
Cesar A Reyes Corral ◽  
W Rodney Cooper ◽  
David R Horton ◽  
Alexander V Karasev

Abstract The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc), is a major pest of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.; Solanales: Solanaceae) as a vector of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, the pathogen that causes zebra chip. Management of zebra chip is challenging in part because the noncrop sources of Liberibacter-infected psyllids arriving in potato remain unknown. Adding to this challenge is the occurrence of distinct genetic haplotypes of both potato psyllid and Liberibacter that differ in host range. Longleaf groundcherry (Physalis longifolia Nutt.) has been substantially overlooked in prior research as a potential noncrop source of Liberibacter-infected B. cockerelli colonizing fields of potato. The objective of this study was to assess the suitability of P. longifolia to the three common haplotypes of B. cockerelli (central, western, and northwestern haplotypes), and to two haplotypes of ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ (Liberibacter A and B haplotypes). Greenhouse bioassays indicated that B. cockerelli of all three haplotypes produced more offspring on P. longifolia than on potato and preferred P. longifolia over potato during settling and egg-laying activities. Greenhouse and field trials showed that P. longifolia was also highly susceptible to Liberibacter. Additionally, we discovered that infected rhizomes survived winter and produced infected plants in late spring that could then be available for psyllid colonization and pathogen acquisition. Results show that P. longifolia is susceptible to both B. cockerelli and ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ and must be considered as a potentially important source of infective B. cockerelli colonizing potato fields in the western United States.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-121
Author(s):  
Isidro Humberto Almeyda León ◽  
Areli Gonzalez Cortes ◽  
Eulalia Edith Villavicencio Gutierrez ◽  
María Alejandra Torres Tapia ◽  
Victor Manuel Zamora Villa

La Calera ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgardo Jiménez-Martínez ◽  
Roberto Ramos Andino

La papa Solanum tuberosum L pertenece a la familia de las solanáceas, es el cuarto cultivo sembrado en más de 100 países incluyendo Nicaragua, en este país existe un consumo por persona de hasta unos 8 kg anuales, la papa se cultiva en Nicaragua entre 800 a 1 200 hectáreas y se obtiene una producción que representa de 35 % a 40 % de la demanda nacional. El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la fluctuación poblacional de  Bactericera cockerelli e incidencia de punta morada (Candidatus liberibacter, Solanacearum) en lotes comerciales de papa en el municipio de Estelí entre los meses de enero a noviembre de 2014,  la toma de datos se realizó en lotes de papa en las localidades de Miraflor y El Tisey, los lotes fueron seleccionados con similitud en condiciones climáticas y de manejo del cultivo, en cada lote seleccionado se colocaron trampas amarillas con pegamento para la captura de adultos de B. cockerelli, de igual manera se realizaron muestreos aleatorios en 100 plantas por lote para medir la fluctuación poblacional de ninfas y adultos del vector, así como para medir la incidencia de síntomas similares a Candidatus liberibacter, solanacearum  de las cuales se seleccionaron cinco plantas para análisis y detección del patógeno a través de la técnica de PCR en el Centro Nacional de Diagnostico Fitosanitario del IPSA.  Los resultados indican que el insecto estuvo presente desde el inicio del estudio siendo las mayores capturas en los meses febrero a mayo; julio, agosto y octubre con 0.84 insectos promedio por trampa, de igual manera los meses de marzo, abril, julio y octubre fueron donde se expresaron más plantas con síntomas de 3 al 4% incidencia, así mismo de las muestras tomadas solamente el 20% resultó positivas a la enfermedad coincidiendo con baja poblaciones del insecto vector.


2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Harrison ◽  
Cecilia Tamborindeguy ◽  
Douglas C. Scheuring ◽  
Azucena Mendoza Herrera ◽  
Adrian Silva ◽  
...  

Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Alejandro Reyes Corral ◽  
W. Rodney Cooper ◽  
Alexander V Karasev ◽  
Carolina Delgado-Luna ◽  
SERGIO R. Sanchez-PENA

The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc), (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is a pest of Solanaceous crops (Solanales) including potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Feeding by high populations of nymphs causes psyllid yellows while adults and nymphs are vectors of the plant pathogen, “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” (Lso). Foliar symptoms that were consistent with either Lso-infection or psyllid yellows were observed in 2019 on tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa Brot.; Solanaceae) grown within an experimental plot located near Saltillo, Mexico. This study had three primary objectives: 1) determine whether the foliar symptoms observed on tomatillo were associated with Lso infection, 2) identify the haplotypes of Lso and potato psyllids present in the symptomatic plot, and 3) use gut content analysis to infer the plant sources of Lso-infected psyllids. Results confirmed that 71% of symptomatic plants and 71% of psyllids collected from the plants were infected with Lso. The detection of Lso in plants and psyllids, and the lack of nymphal populations associated with psyllid yellows strongly suggests that the observed foliar symptoms were caused by Lso infection. All infected plants and insects harbored the more virulent Lso haplotype B, but one psyllid was also co-infected with haplotype A. The potato psyllids were predominantly of the central haplotype, but one psyllid was identified as the western haplotype. Molecular gut content analysis of psyllids confirmed the movement of psyllids between non-crop habitats and tomatillo and indicated that Lso infection of psyllids was associated with increased plant diversity in their diet.


2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (11) ◽  
pp. 1285-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Levy ◽  
Aravind Ravindran ◽  
Dennis Gross ◽  
Cecilia Tamborindeguy ◽  
Elizabeth Pierson

Zebra Chip disease is a serious threat to potato production. The pathogen, the phloem-limited bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum,’ is vectored by the potato and tomato psyllid Bactericerca cockerelli to potato and tomato. Patterns of pathogen translocation through phloem in potato and tomato plants were examined to determine whether rate or direction of translocation vary by host species or potato cultivars. Two insects were given a 7-day inoculation access period on a single leaf. Weekly, leaves from upper-, middle-, and lower-tier branches were tested for the presence of ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In tomato and potato, ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ was detected 2 to 3 weeks after infestation, most frequently in upper- and middle-tier leaves. In potato, the pathogen was detected in leaves on a second, noninfested stem when the stems remained joined via the tuber. Although rates of pathogen movement were similar among potato cultivars, symptoms developed earlier in more susceptible cultivars. Quantitative PCR indicated that bacterial titers were frequently low in tomato and potato samples (<20 genome units per nanogram of DNA). Results establish that, for improved detection, samples should include newly developing leaves and consider that, under low insect pressure, the pathogen may be undetectable by PCR until 3 weeks after infestation.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. e0231973
Author(s):  
Regina K. Cruzado ◽  
Mahnaz Rashidi ◽  
Nora Olsen ◽  
Richard G. Novy ◽  
Erik J. Wenninger ◽  
...  

Plant Disease ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (10) ◽  
pp. 2587-2591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Dahan ◽  
Erik J. Wenninger ◽  
Brandon D. Thompson ◽  
Sahar Eid ◽  
Nora Olsen ◽  
...  

‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso) is an uncultured, phloem-associated bacterium causing a severe tuber disease in potato called zebra chip (ZC). Seven haplotypes of Lso have been described in different hosts, with haplotypes A and B found associated with infections in potato and tomato. In the field, Lso is transmitted by the potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli), and between 2011 and 2015, a significant change in Lso haplotype prevalence was previously reported in Idaho: from exclusively A haplotype found in tested psyllids in 2012 to mainly B haplotype found in collected psyllids in 2015. However, prevalence of Lso haplotypes in Idaho was not analyzed in potato tubers exhibiting symptoms of ZC. To fill in this knowledge gap, prevalence of Lso haplotypes was investigated in potato tubers harvested in southern Idaho between 2012 and 2018, and it was found to change from exclusively A haplotype in the 2012 season to an almost equal A and B haplotype distribution during the 2016 season. During the same period, haplotype distribution of Lso in psyllid vectors collected using yellow sticky traps also changed, but in psyllids, the shift from A haplotype of Lso to B haplotype was complete, with no A haplotype detected in 2016 to 2018. The changes in the haplotype prevalence of the Lso circulating in potato fields in southern Idaho may be, among other factors, responsible for a decrease in the ZC incidence in Idaho potato fields between an outbreak of the disease in 2012 and a very low level of ZC afterward.


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