Empoasca papayae Oman, 1937 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) the simultaneous vector of phytoplasmas and rickettsia associated with “Bunchy Top Symptom” in Cuba

Authors

  • Karel Ismar Acosta Universidad de Las Tunas (ULT), Las Tunas, 75200, Cuba
  • Loidy Zamora Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), San José de Las Lajas, Mayabeque, 32700, Cuba
  • Berta Piñol Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), San José de Las Lajas, Mayabeque, 32700, Cuba
  • Madelaine Luisa Quiñones Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), San José de Las Lajas, Mayabeque, 32700, Cuba
  • Pedro Luis Ramos Instituto de Investigaciones en Fruticultura Tropical (IIFT), Miramar, Ciudad de La Habana, 11300, Cuba
  • Maritza Luis Instituto de Investigaciones en Fruticultura Tropical (IIFT), Miramar, Ciudad de La Habana, 11300, Cuba
  • Norma Elena Leyva-López Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR, Unidad Sinaloa, Departamento de Biotecnología Agrícola, Blvd. Juan de Dios Batiz Paredes No. 250, San Joachin, C.P. 81101, Guasave, Sinaloa, México
  • Yaima Arocha Sporometrics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6K 3J1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/analesbio.39.03
Keywords: Leafhopper, Transmission, Phytoplasma, Rickettsia

Abstract

Transmission trials showed typical BTS symptoms developed in all papaya plants after three months post-inoculated with Empoasca papayae. The BTS phytoplasma was identified in 28 out of 45 inoculated papayas, whose partial 16S rDNA sequence was 99.9% identical to those of the phytoplasma identified in the field-collected papayas, and that previously detected in E. papayae in Cuba. These are all members of the phytoplasma subgroup 16SrI-B. A rickettsia was identified in 41 out of 45 inoculated papayas. It showed a 100% of identity of its partial sdhA sequence to those from the field-collected papayas, E. papayae and the rickettsia previously identified. Results confirmed the ability of E. papayae to simultaneously transmit the BTS phytoplasma and the rickettsia pathogen

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Published
08-02-2017
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Acosta, K. I., Zamora, L., Piñol, B., Quiñones, M. L., Ramos, P. L., Luis, M., … Arocha, Y. (2017). Empoasca papayae Oman, 1937 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) the simultaneous vector of phytoplasmas and rickettsia associated with “Bunchy Top Symptom” in Cuba. Anales de Biología, (39), 35–42. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesbio.39.03
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