Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens
bacterial wilt of bean
Bacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens ssp. flaccumfaciens, Phytomonas flaccumfaciens, Pseudomonas flaccumfaciens
South Europe, North Africa, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Australia
CO, CT, ID, IA, MI, MN, NE, ND, OH, OR, VA, WI, WY
2023-08-21
bacterium
Chile, China, Mexico, Korea
beans, soybean, cowpea, mung bean
CORBFL
Rare in common bean with certification schemes. Found in most bean and soybean production areas
4 Known Hosts
Phaseolus vulgaris
common bean
Yes
CORBFL-5,CORBFL-11
Bean seed as a pathway for this pathogen is established and accepted.
Yes
Grow out, Serological, PCR
Grow out is the standard method of the USDA. This method is a temporary standard for National Seed Health System.
Grow out
CORBFL-2,CORBFL-3,CORBFL-6,CORBFL-12
No effective seed treatments known.
Schuster ML and Smith CC, 1983. Surveillance and seed transmission of three strains of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens in beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Fitopatologia Brasileira, 8:87-92
International Seed Federation Regulated Pest List Database. pestlist.worldseed.org Nyon Switzerland
Calzolari A, Cavanni P and Ponti I, 1987. Bacterial and fungus diseases of soyabean. Informatore Fitopatologico, 37:7-12
Dunleavy JM, 1986. Effect of temperature on systemic spread of tan spot of soybean from seed to unifoliate leaves. Phytopathology 76:1079 ;
CORBFL-4,Dunleavy JM, 1988. Bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases affecting soybean leaves. In: Wyllie TD, Scott DH, eds. Soybean Diseases of the North Central Region. St. Paul, USA: American Phytopathological Society, 40-46.
A. J. González, J. C. Tello, and M. R. Rodicio. 2005. Bacterial Wilt of Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) Caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens in Southeastern Spain, Plant Disease, 89:1361
Seed Health Testing Method B4.1 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens. The National Seed Health System (NSHS) www.seedhealth.org
Glycine max
soybean
Yes
CORBFL-3,CORBFL-7,CORBFL-4
Soybean seed as a pathway for this pathogen is established and accepted, though it is a minor pathogen of soybean.
Yes
Grow out, Serological, PCR
Grow out is the standard method of the USDA. This method is a temporary standard for National Seed Health System.
Grow out
CORBFL-2,CORBFL-3,CORBFL-6,CORBFL-9,CORBFL-13
No effective seed treatments known. Resistant varieties exist
Dunleavy JM, 1986. Effect of temperature on systemic spread of tan spot of soybean from seed to unifoliate leaves. Phytopathology 76:1079 ;
CORBFL-4,Dunleavy JM, 1988. Bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases affecting soybean leaves. In: Wyllie TD, Scott DH, eds. Soybean Diseases of the North Central Region. St. Paul, USA: American Phytopathological Society, 40-46.
Gnatyuk, T. T.;Zhitkevich, N. V.;Gritsay, R. V.;Patyka, V. F.Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens is the agent of bacterial disease of soybean. 2013. Mīkrobiologīchniĭ Zhurnal 7522-27
Dunleavy JM, 1988. Bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases affecting soybean leaves. In: Wyllie TD, Scott DH, eds. Soybean Diseases of the North Central Region. St. Paul, USA: American Phytopathological Society, 40-46.
Calzolari A, Cavanni P and Ponti I, 1987. Bacterial and fungus diseases of soyabean. Informatore Fitopatologico, 37:7-12
A. J. González, J. C. Tello, and M. R. Rodicio. 2005. Bacterial Wilt of Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) Caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens in Southeastern Spain, Plant Disease, 89:1361
Tegli S, Sereni A, Surico G, 2002. PCR-based assay for the detection of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens in bean seeds. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 35:331-337
Seed Health Testing Method Sb1.1 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (archived). The National Seed Health System (NSHS) www.seedhealth.org
Pisum sativum
pea
No
CORBFL-14
No references found indicating seed is a pathway. Pea infections are incidental.
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens. 2017. EPPO Global Database. gd.eppo.int.
Vigna spp.
cowpea, mung bean
Yes
CORBFL-5,CORBFL-8,CORBFL-10
References indicate seed is a pathway, but it is unclear as to weather Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv flaccumfaciens was isolated from natural infections.
Yes
Indirect immunofluorescent assay (IF) with specific Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs); Grow out
Grow out is the standard method of the NSHS for bean and soybean. This method is a temporary standard and may be able to be applied.
CORBFL-8,CORBFL-12,CORBFL-13
Schuster ML and Smith CC, 1983. Surveillance and seed transmission of three strains of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens in beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Fitopatologia Brasileira, 8:87-92
Diatloff A, Wong,WC, Wood BA, 1993. Non-destructive methods of detecting Curtobacteriumflaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens in mungbean seeds. Letters in Applied Microbiology16:269-273
Arcila MJ,Trujillo G, 1990. Identification of phytopathogenic bacteria in cowpea seeds (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata). Agromonía Tropical (Maracay), 40:193-203
Seed Health Testing Method B4.1 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens. The National Seed Health System (NSHS) www.seedhealth.org
Seed Health Testing Method Sb1.1 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (archived). The National Seed Health System (NSHS) www.seedhealth.org
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