Burkholderia andropogonis blight of golden cane palms in north Queensland
A. J. Young A C , K. R. E. Grice A , P. R. Trevorrow A and L. L. Vawdrey BA Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Centre for Tropical Agriculture, 28 Peters Street, Mareeba, 4880, Queensland, Australia.
B Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, South Johnstone Research Station, South Johnstone Road., South Johnstone 4859, Queensland, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: anthony.young@dpi.qld.gov.au
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 131-132 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07052
Submitted: 11 July 2007 Accepted: 13 August 2007 Published: 23 August 2007
Abstract
Nursery-grown golden cane palms (Dypsis lutescens) in north-eastern Queensland exhibited angular, water-soaked and chlorotic haloed lesions typical of blight symptoms. Bacteria isolated from oozing preparations were identified as Burkholderia andropogonis through culture characteristics, microscopy, biochemical activity and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. A healthy golden cane palm was inoculated with the isolate and external symptoms were reproduced after approximately three months, whereupon the pathogen was reisolated.
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