Nfluence of phytoplasma-insect vectors-host plants interactions on the epidemiology of Flavescence dorée of the grapevine disease
Auteur / Autrice : | Alberto Bressan |
Direction : | Elisabeth Boudon-Padieu |
Type : | Thèse de doctorat |
Discipline(s) : | Biologie et Ecologie des phytoplasmes |
Date : | Soutenance en 2005 |
Etablissement(s) : | Dijon en cotutelle avec Università degli studi (Padoue, Italie) |
Partenaire(s) de recherche : | Autre partenaire : Università degli studi. Dipartimento di agronomia ambientale e produzioni vegetali (Padoue, Italie) |
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Résumé
Ecological-biological interactions of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma (FDP), host plants and vectors were investigated in field and laboratory conditions. Main results showed that (i) FDP reduced the fitness of its natural vector Scaphoideus titanus Ball and of the experimental vector Euscelidius variegatus Kirschbaum, congenital infection in S. Titanus offspring did not occur; (ii) FDP-affected tolerant grapevine cultivar Merlot was shown to be a poorer source of FDP for S. Titanus acquisition than the susceptible grapevine cultivar White Pinot; (iii) a statistical model describing the pattern of infected and infective S. Titanus occurrence in the vineyards was proposed on the basis of experimental data of a 4-year survey of the leafhopper species populations collected in severely FDP-affected vineyards; (iiii) results of assays of insect injection and artificial feeding suggested that vector specificity of FDP is restricted to the Cicadellidae family, subfamily Deltocephalinae.