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First report of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) in Brugmansia spp., Solanum jasminoides, Solanum muricatum and Petunia spp. in the Czech Republic

J. Mertelik 1*, K. Kloudova 1, G. Cervena 2, J. Necekalova 2, H. Mikulkova 2, Z. Levkanicova 2, P. Dedic 3 and J. Ptacek 3

*mertelik@vukoz.cz

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Accepted: 06 Apr 2009

Following findings of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) in solanaceous ornamental plants in The Netherlands (Verhoeven et al., 2007) and other European countries the survey of PSTVd was carried out also in the Czech Republic.

Samples were collected from gardening establishments and private gardens. A total of 156 samples (52 of S. jasminoides, 65of Brugmansia spp., 9 of S. muricatum and 30 of Petunia x hybrida) were taken from 65 localities. Samples consisted of ten randomly taken leaves per lot or in case of Brugmansia spp. and Solanum muricatum of pooled samples of five to ten leaves taken from individual plants.

RNA was extracted from leaf tissue using either RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen) or Tri Reagent (Sigma). The samples were tested by real-time RT-PCR using SYBR Green with PSTVd primers (Boonham et al., 2004 and Matoušek et al., 2007) and RT-PCR using PSTVd primers (Levy, 1994) that yielded approximately 360 bp long amplicons. The PCR products were sequenced and used for identification. All the sequences obtained were identical to the isolate of PSTVd GenBank Accession No. EF459700.

S. jasminoides tested positively for PSTVd at most of the sampled localities due to repeated vegetative propagation of infected plants and their subsequent spread throughout the country. Petunia x hybrida tested positively for PSTVd only at 2 and Brugmansia spp. and S. muricatum at 1 locality. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PSTVd in Brugmansia spp., Solanum jasminoides, Solanum muricatum and Petunia x hybrida in the CzechRepublic.

References

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This report was formally published in Plant Pathology

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