Occurrence of crown gall disease on Ficus benjamina in Fars and Isfahan provinces of Iran

Ficus benjamina , commonly known as weeping fig, Benjamin’s fig or Ficus tree is a species of flowering plant in the family of Moraceae. It is native to south and south-east Asia and Australia. Crown gall tumours were collected from branches of one-year-old weeping fig (F. benjamina L.) trees. A tot...

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Published in:Archiv für Phytopathologie und Pflanzenschutz 2014-11, Vol.47 (18), p.2257-2262
Main Authors: Aeini, Milad, Mirzaee, Hossein, Taghavi, Seyed Mohsen, Khodakaramian, Gholam Reza, Mazhar, Mehdi Amiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agrobacterium radiobacter
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Bacteriology
branches
Bryophyllum daigremontianum
crown gall
crown galls
Ficus
Ficus benjamina
figs
Lycopersicon esculentum
Moraceae
neoplasms
occurrence
pathogenicity
polymerase chain reaction
tomatoes
trees
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Summary:Ficus benjamina , commonly known as weeping fig, Benjamin’s fig or Ficus tree is a species of flowering plant in the family of Moraceae. It is native to south and south-east Asia and Australia. Crown gall tumours were collected from branches of one-year-old weeping fig (F. benjamina L.) trees. A total of 50 strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens were isolated from diseased Ficus plants and their morphological, molecular and biochemical characteristics were studied; pathogenicity tests on tomato, F. benjamina and Bryophyllum daigremontianum were also conducted. Based on the biochemical characteristics, pathogenicity test and PCR amplification of 730 bp fragment using VCR\VCF primers, the tested bacterial strains were identified as A. tumefaciens . This is the first report of crown gall on F. benjamina in Isfahan and Fars provinces of Iran.
ISSN:1477-2906
0323-5408
1477-2906
DOI:10.1080/03235408.2013.873256