Distribution and host range of the grapevine plasmodiophorid <i>Sorosphaera viticola</i>

Authors

  • L. Huber
  • G. Eisenbeis
  • E. H. Rühl
  • V. Pagay
  • M. Kirchmair

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5073/vitis.2007.46.23-25

Keywords:

plant pathogen, plasmodiophorid, Vitis

Abstract

Sorosphaera viticola, an obligate parasite of grapevine, was first detected in 2003 in roots of Vitis berlandieri x V. riparia rootstocks in a vineyard in the German Rheingau. To estimate the distribution and the abundance of S. viticola, other German and Austrian winegrowing areas (Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Weinviertel) were screened. Vineyards planted with different rootstocks or own-rooted V. vinifera vines were chosen to elucidate the host range of this plasmodiophorid within the genus Vitis. S. viticola was found in different V. berlandieri x V. riparia hybrids and in roots of V. vinifera. Root samples from wild V. riparia from the Niagara Peninsula (Canada) were also found to be infested by S. viticola. This is the first record of S. viticola outside of Europe.


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2015-04-13

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