PMID- 33673767 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240222 IS - 0191-2917 (Print) IS - 0191-2917 (Linking) DP - 2021 Mar 5 TI - First Report of 16SrII-V Phytoplasma Associated with Green Manure Soybean (Glycine max L.) in Taiwan. LID - 10.1094/PDIS-12-20-2714-PDN [doi] AB - QING PI DOU, a local variety of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) with small seed size, is primarily cultivated in the southern region of Taiwan. Due to the advantage of high germination rate, fast growth and high nitrogen fixation capacity, QING PI DOU has widely used as green manure in rotation with rice to increase soil fertility in Taiwan. In the summer of 2020, phytoplasma-induced disease symptoms were observed in QING PI DOU with 23% (18/78) disease incidence in Yunlin County, Taiwan. These plants exhibited severe disease symptoms such as little leaf, yellowing, phyllody, virescence, and witches' broom compared to healthy plants. Leaf samples of the symptomatic plants were subsequently collected and examined through transmission electron microscopy (TEM), PCR, and western blotting analyses. The ultrathin sections of the diseased QING PI DOU were double-stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate. The typical phytoplasma-like pleomorphic bodies were observed in sieve elements of leaf veins by TEM. To investigate the association of phytoplasma with the diseased QING PI DOU, total DNA extracted by the Plant Genomic DNA Purification Kit (DP022, Genemark, Taiwan) was examined by nested PCR using the phytoplasma universal primer pair P1/P7 followed by R16F2n/R16R2 (Lee et al. 1993). The 1.2 kb PCR product specific for 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene was only amplified from symptomatic plants but not from healthy plants. BLAST analysis demonstrated that the sequence (accession no. MW393690) of amplified DNA fragment of 16S rRNA is identical to that of GenBank accession no. NZ_AMWZ01000008 (complement [31109 to 32640]) of peanut witches' broom (PnWB) phytoplasma, a 'Candidatus phytoplasma aurantifolia'-related strain (Firrao et al. 2004). Further analysis on the virtual RFLP pattern of MW393690 generated by iPhyClassifier confirmed that the phytoplasma identified in the diseased QING PI DOU can be classified into the 16SrII-V subgroup. Samples examined by nested PCR were further selected for total cell extracts preparation and characterized by western blotting using the polyclonal antibody raised against the immunodominant membrane protein (Imp) of PnWB phytoplasma (Chien et al. 2020). An expected signal of 19 kDa specific for Imp was only detected in symptomatic plants but not in healthy plants. Moreover, the PCR products encoding SAP11 and phyllogen, the virulence factors responsible for phytoplasma-induced witches' broom and phyllody symptoms (Namba 2019), were also amplified from symptomatic QING PI DOU by PCR using the primer pairs 5'-ATGGCTCCCGAAAAAAATGATAAAGG-3'/5'-TTTTTTAGAATCATCAGGCTTTTTAG-3' (0.28 kb) and 5'-ATGGATCCAAAACTTCCAGAAACT-3'/5'-GTTTTTTTCATCATTTAAATCAT-3' (0.27 kb), respectively. Further analysis by BLAST revealed that SAP11 and phyllogen identified in symptomatic QING PI DOU are identical with those of PnWB phytoplasma. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first to describe phytoplasma-associated soybean (Glycine max L.) witches' broom disease in green manure soybean in Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Chien-Jui AU - Wang CJ AD - Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; kk9514095@gmail.com. FAU - Chien, Yuanyu AU - Chien Y AD - Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; papaya1032571@gmail.com. FAU - Liao, Pei-Qing AU - Liao PQ AD - Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; penny23penny23@gmail.com. FAU - Chiu, Yi-Ching AU - Chiu YC AD - Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; jean31019@gmail.com. FAU - Chen, Yuh-Kun AU - Chen YK AD - Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; ykchen@nchu.edu.tw. FAU - Yang, Jun-Yi AU - Yang JY AD - Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. AD - Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; jyang@nchu.edu.tw. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210305 PL - United States TA - Plant Dis JT - Plant disease JID - 9882809 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Glycine max L. OT - iPhyClassifier OT - Green manure OT - Phytoplasma OT - Soybean EDAT- 2021/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/07 06:00 CRDT- 2021/03/06 05:27 PHST- 2021/03/06 05:27 [entrez] PHST- 2021/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1094/PDIS-12-20-2714-PDN [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Plant Dis. 2021 Mar 5. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-20-2714-PDN.