First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in Egypt

Strawberry leaves showing leaf blight symptoms were collected from six different farms in Ismailia and Beheira Governorates in Egypt during the 2020–2021 growing season. Eight bacterial isolates, i.e., Pa1, Pa2, Pa3, Pa4 (Ismailia farms) and Pa5, Pa6, Pa7 and Pa8 (Beheira farms) were isolated. A...

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Main Authors: Tarek Gomaa Abdel-Gaied, Hassan Abd-El-Khair, Maryan Makram Youssef, Shereen Abu El-Maaty, Maurice Sabry Mikhail
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Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Plant Protection Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24425/jppr.2022.141359
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author Tarek Gomaa Abdel-Gaied
Hassan Abd-El-Khair
Maryan Makram Youssef
Shereen Abu El-Maaty
Maurice Sabry Mikhail
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description Strawberry leaves showing leaf blight symptoms were collected from six different farms in Ismailia and Beheira Governorates in Egypt during the 2020–2021 growing season. Eight bacterial isolates, i.e., Pa1, Pa2, Pa3, Pa4 (Ismailia farms) and Pa5, Pa6, Pa7 and Pa8 (Beheira farms) were isolated. A pathogenicity test of bacterial isolates was carried out using detached strawberry leaf technique. All bacterial isolates produced leaf blight disease symptoms. Isolates Pa2 and Pa6 showed the highest pathogenic characteristics with clear symptoms on detached strawberry leaves. The phenotypic, biochemical and physiological characters of the highest pathogenic isolates were confirmed by PCR analysis using 16S rRNA gene. The two bacterial isolates were identified as Pantoea ananatis with similarity of 97.05% with accession number MH_127816.1 (isolate Pa2, Ismailia), while the isolate (Pa6, Beheira) with similarity of 97.03% with accession number NR_026045.1. The 16S rDNA sequences were deposited in the GenBank nucleotide databases under accession numbers OM258167 and OM279507, respectively. According to the pathogenicity test, morphological and physiological characteristics as well as molecular data (16S rRNA sequencing analysis), this finding is the first report of P. ananatis as a causal agent of strawberry leaf blight disease in Egypt.
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spelling doaj.art-16339ce543f240a48ca55a0c5d6475c02022-12-22T00:24:47ZengPolish Academy of SciencesJournal of Plant Protection Research1427-43451899-007X2022-06-0162220721410.24425/jppr.2022.141359First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in EgyptTarek Gomaa Abdel-Gaied0Hassan Abd-El-Khair1Maryan Makram Youssef2Shereen Abu El-Maaty3Maurice Sabry Mikhail4Department of Plant Pathology, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, EgyptDepartment of Plant Pathology, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, EgyptDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptStrawberry leaves showing leaf blight symptoms were collected from six different farms in Ismailia and Beheira Governorates in Egypt during the 2020–2021 growing season. Eight bacterial isolates, i.e., Pa1, Pa2, Pa3, Pa4 (Ismailia farms) and Pa5, Pa6, Pa7 and Pa8 (Beheira farms) were isolated. A pathogenicity test of bacterial isolates was carried out using detached strawberry leaf technique. All bacterial isolates produced leaf blight disease symptoms. Isolates Pa2 and Pa6 showed the highest pathogenic characteristics with clear symptoms on detached strawberry leaves. The phenotypic, biochemical and physiological characters of the highest pathogenic isolates were confirmed by PCR analysis using 16S rRNA gene. The two bacterial isolates were identified as Pantoea ananatis with similarity of 97.05% with accession number MH_127816.1 (isolate Pa2, Ismailia), while the isolate (Pa6, Beheira) with similarity of 97.03% with accession number NR_026045.1. The 16S rDNA sequences were deposited in the GenBank nucleotide databases under accession numbers OM258167 and OM279507, respectively. According to the pathogenicity test, morphological and physiological characteristics as well as molecular data (16S rRNA sequencing analysis), this finding is the first report of P. ananatis as a causal agent of strawberry leaf blight disease in Egypt.https://doi.org/10.24425/jppr.2022.141359pantoea ananatisleaf blightpolymerase chain reaction16s rrnastrawberry
spellingShingle Tarek Gomaa Abdel-Gaied
Hassan Abd-El-Khair
Maryan Makram Youssef
Shereen Abu El-Maaty
Maurice Sabry Mikhail
First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in Egypt
Journal of Plant Protection Research
pantoea ananatis
leaf blight
polymerase chain reaction
16s rrna
strawberry
title First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in Egypt
title_full First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in Egypt
title_fullStr First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in Egypt
title_full_unstemmed First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in Egypt
title_short First report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by Pantoea ananatis in Egypt
title_sort first report of strawberry bacterial leaf blight caused by pantoea ananatis in egypt
topic pantoea ananatis
leaf blight
polymerase chain reaction
16s rrna
strawberry
url https://doi.org/10.24425/jppr.2022.141359
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