Abstract
English ivy (Hedera helix) in Araliaceae family is an evergreen climbing vine. A severe bacterial disease of English ivy was observed and investigated in January 2005. Initial symptoms on the leaves appeared as small water-soaked lesions on the lower surface. As the spots enlarged, the center became brown to brownish black and greenish-brown water-soaked, irregular margins surrounded the center, The spots developed into large irregular blotches, sometimes 5$\sim$10 mm in diameter, then coalesced. Finally, the water-soaked margins raised, dried out, became corky and broke in the center. A bacterial organism, isolated from the advancing margins of the lesions, was tested for its pathogenicity according to the Koch's postulates and biochemical and physiological tests identified the isolated bacterium as a Xanthomonas. The representative Xanthomonas strains (SL4821 and SL4822) isolated from English ivy were compared with a reference strain X. hortorum pv. hederae for fatty acid profiles, metabolic fingerprints and 16s rDNA sequences, showing that all outcomes were indistinguishable between the representative and reference strains. This is the first report of bacterial leaf spot of English ivy in Korea.
2005년 용인의 헤데라 재배 온실에서 새로운 병해가 발견되었다. 처음에는 아래 잎에서 수침상 점무의가 형성되고 점점 커져 주위로 노란색의 테두리를 형성하는 갈색의 반점을 형성하다가 잎 전체가 검게 말라 죽어 떨어진다. YDC 배지에서 병원세균을 순수 분리하였을 때 Xanthomonas속 세균의 전형적인 특징인 노란색 색소를 띤 세균이 형성되었다. 분리된 세균을 $10^8$ cfu/ml로 현탁한 후 헤데라의 잎에 주사 접종하여 병원성을 확인하였다. 지방산 조성 및 함량, 다양한 탄소원 이용정도 및 16s rDNA 염기서열을 이용하여 분리세균 SL4821과 SL4822를 X. hortorum pv. hederae로 동정하였으며 이 병을 헤데라의 세균성점무의병으로 명명하였다.
