Claim · model-written summary
Phytoplasma infection significantly reduced midday relative water content in symptomatic leaves.
- Organ / stage
- symptomatic leavese0
- Interactor
- phytoplasma
Candidatus Phytoplasmae0pathogen - Outcome
- mRWCe0
- Direction
- reductionse0
VitisVerbatim
e0“The phytoplasma infection also stimulated significant reductions in mRWC of the symptomatic leaves, with a final large decrease in yield.”
t0“grapevine (Vitis vinifera)”
Title
Solomon T. Endeshaw; Sergio Murolo; Gianfranco Romanazzi; et al. Physiologia Plantarum 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01576.x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Phytoplasma DNA was detected in symptomatic grapevine leaves at the end of September.
- Observation Symptomatic grapevine leaves had significantly decreased pigment content from July to September.
- Observation Symptomatic leaves had significantly decreased Fv/Fm from July to September.
- Observation Net photosynthesis decreased nonsignificantly in asymptomatic leaves of symptomatic plants.
- Observation Healthy plants had relatively stable net photosynthesis and transpiration.
- Observation One initially healthy plant had a strong photosynthesis reduction in July before leaf yellowing in August.
- Observation Phytoplasma infection was accompanied by a large final yield decrease.