Symptoms of Fern Distortion Syndrome Resulting from Inoculation with Opportunistic Endophytic Fluorescent Pseudomonas spp

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 3; p. e58531
• Main Authors: Kloepper, Joseph W., McInroy, John A., Liu, Ke, Hu, Chia-Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.03.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agriculture; Aquatic plants; Bacteria; Biology; Causation; Chamaedaphne; Chief financial officers; Deformation mechanisms; Discoloration; Distortion; Dryopteridaceae - metabolism; Dryopteridaceae - microbiology; Endophytes; Endophytes - isolation & purification; Endophytes - physiology; Experimental design; Ferns; Flowers & plants; Fluorescence; Fronds; Identification; Indoleacetic Acids - metabolism; Inoculation; Opportunistic Infections - microbiology; Pectins - metabolism; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant pathology; Planting; Populations; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas - isolation & purification; Pseudomonas - physiology; Rhizomes; Rumohra adiantiformis; Sporulation; Tissue culture; Virulence; Water treatment; Alabama; Florida; United States > US; Costa Rica

Fern Distortion Syndrome (FDS) is a serious disease of Leatherleaf fern (Rumohra adiantiformis). The main symptom of FDS is distortion of fronds, making them unmarketable. Additional symptoms include stunting, irregular sporulation, decreased rhizome diameter, and internal discoloration of rhizomes....