Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Agrobacterium Biology pp 15–53Cite as

The Ecology of Agrobacterium vitis and Management of Crown Gall Disease in Vineyards

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 418))

Abstract

Agrobacterium vitis is the primary causal agent of grapevine crown gall worldwide. Symptoms of grapevine crown gall disease include tumor formation on the aerial plant parts, whereas both tumorigenic and nontumorigenic strains of A. vitis cause root necrosis. Genetic and genomic analyses indicated that A. vitis is distinguishable from the members of the Agrobacterium genus and its transfer to the genus Allorhizobium was suggested. A. vitis is genetically diverse, with respect to both chromosomal and plasmid DNA. Its pathogenicity is mainly determined by a large conjugal tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid characterized by a mosaic structure with conserved and variable regions. Traditionally, A. vitis Ti plasmids and host strains were differentiated into octopine/cucumopine, nopaline, and vitopine groups, based on opine markers. However, tumorigenic and nontumorigenic strains of A. vitis may carry other ecologically important plasmids, such as tartrate- and opine-catabolic plasmids. A. vitis colonizes vines endophytically. It is also able to survive epiphytically on grapevine plants and is detected in soil exclusively in association with grapevine plants. Because A. vitis persists systemically in symptomless grapevine plants, it can be efficiently disseminated to distant geographical areas via international trade of propagation material. The use of healthy planting material in areas with no history of the crown gall represents the crucial measure of disease management. Moreover, biological control and production of resistant grape varieties are encouraging as future control measures.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD   219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  • Abdellatif E, Valentini F, Janse JD et al (2013) Occurrence of crown gall of the grapevine in Tunisia and characterization of Tunisian Agrobacterium vitis and A. tumefaciens strains. J Plant Pathol 95:115–126

    Google Scholar 

  • Albiach MR, Lopez MM (1992) Plasmid heterogeneity in Spanish isolates of Agrobacterium tumefaciens from thirteen different hosts. Appl Environ Microbiol 58:2683–2687

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Allardet-Servent A, Michaux-Charachon S, Jumas-Bilak E et al (1993) Presence of one linear and one circular chromosome in the Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 genome. J Bacteriol 175:7869–7874

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Al-Momani F, Albasheer S, Saadoun I (2006) Distribution of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovars in Jordan and variation of virulence. Plant Pathol J 22:318–322

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Argun N, Momol MT, Maden S et al (2002) Characterization of Agrobacterium vitis strains isolated from Turkish grape cultivars in the Central Anatolia region. Plant Dis 86:162–166

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bauer C, Schulz TF, Lorenz D et al (1994) Population dynamics of Agrobacterium vitis in two grapevine varieties during the vegetation period. Vitis 33:25–29

    Google Scholar 

  • Bautista-Zapanta JN, Arafat HH, Tanaka K et al (2009) Variation of 16S-23S internally transcribed spacer sequence and intervening sequence in rDNA among the three major Agrobacterium species. Microbiol Res 164:604–612

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bazzi C, Piazza C, Burr TJ (1987) Detection of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in grapevine cuttings. EPPO Bulletin 17:105–112

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bazzi C, Stefani E, Gozzi R et al (1991) Hot-water treatment of dormant grape cuttings: its effects on Agrobacterium tumefaciens and on grafting and growth of vine. Vitis 30:177–187

    Google Scholar 

  • Bazzi C, Alexandrova M, Stefani E et al (1999) Biological control of Agrobacterium vitis using non-tumorigenic agrobacteria. Vitis 38:31–35

    Google Scholar 

  • Beauchamp CJ, Chilton WS, Dion P et al (1990) Fungal catabolism of crown gall opines. Appl Environ Microbiol 56:150–155

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Beauchamp CJ, Kloepper JW, Lifshitz R et al (1991) Frequent occurrence of the ability to utilize octopine in rhizobacteria. Can J Microbiol 37:158–164

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Beaulieu C, Coulombe LJ, Granger RL et al (1983) Characterization of opine-utilizing bacteria isolated from Quebec. Phytoprotect 64:61–68

    Google Scholar 

  • Bell CR, Dickie GA, Chan JWYF (1995) Variable response of bacteria isolated from grapevine xylem to control grape crown gall disease in planta. Am J Enol Vitic 46:499–508

    Google Scholar 

  • Bergeron J, Macleod RA, Dion P (1990) Specificity of octopine uptake by Rhizobium and Pseudomonas strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 56:1453–1458

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Bien E, Lorenz D, Eichhorn K et al (1990) Isolation and characterization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens from the German vineregion Rheinpfalz. J Plant Dis Protect 97:313–322

    Google Scholar 

  • Bini F, Geider K, Bazzi C (2008a) Detection of Agrobacterium vitis by PCR using novel virD2 gene-specific primers that discriminate two subgroups. Eur J Plant Pathol 122:403–411

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bini F, Kuczmog A, Putnoky P et al (2008b) Novel pathogen-specific primers for the detection of Agrobacterium vitis and Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Vitis 47:181–189

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Biondi E, Bini F, Anaclerio F et al (2009) Effect of bioagents and resistance inducers on grapevine crown gall. Phytopathol Mediter 48:379–384

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bishop AL, Katz BH, Burr TJ (1988) Infection of grapevines by soilborne Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 and population dynamics in host and nonhost rhizospheres. Phytopathol 78:945–948

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bishop AL, Burr TJ, Mittak VL et al (1989) A monoclonal antibody specific to Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 and its utilization for indexing grapevine propagation material. Phytopathol 79:995–998

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bonnard G, Tinland B, Paulus F et al (1989) Nucleotide sequence, evolutionary origin and biological role of a rearranged cytokinin gene isolated from a wide host range biotype III Agrobacterium strain. Mol Gen Genet 216:428–438

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bouzar H, Moore LW (1987) Isolation of different Agrobacterium biovars from a natural oak savanna and tallgrass prairie. Appl Environ Microbiol 53:717–721

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Brencic A, Angert ER, Winans SC (2005) Unwounded plants elicit Agrobacterium vir gene induction and T-DNA transfer: transformed plant cells produce opines yet are tumour free. Mol Microbiol 57:1522–1531

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Brisset M-N, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Burr TJ et al (1991) Attachment, chemotaxis, and multiplication of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 1 and biovar 3 on grapevine and pea. Appl Environ Microbiol 57:3178–3182

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Buchholz WG, Thomashow MF (1984a) Comparison of T-DNA oncogene complements of Agrobacterium tumefaciens tumor-inducing plasmids with limited and wide host ranges. J Bacteriol 160:319–326

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Buchholz WG, Thomashow MF (1984b) Host range encoded by the Agrobacterium tumefaciens tumor-inducing plasmid pTiAg63 can be expanded by modification of its T-DNA oncogene complement. J Bacteriol 160:327–332

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Hurwitz B (1981) Occurrence of Agrobacterium radiobacter pv. tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) biotype 3 on grapevine in New York State (Abstr.). Phytopathol 71:26

    Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Katz BH (1983) Isolation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 from grapevine galls and sap, and from vineyard soil. Phytopathol 73:163–165

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Katz BH (1984) Grapevine cuttings as potential sites of survival and means of dissemination of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Dis 68:976–978

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Otten L (1999) Crown gall of grape: Biology and disease management. Annu Rev Phytopathol 37:53–80

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Reid CL (1994) Biological control of grape crown gall with non-tumorigenic Agrobacterium vitis strain F2/5. Am J Enol Vitic 45:213–219

    Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Bishop AL, Katz BH et al (1987a) A root-specific decay of grapevine caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. radiobacter biovar 3. Phytopathol 77:1424–1427

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Katz BH, Bishop AL (1987b) Populations of Agrobacterium in vineyard and non vineyard soils and grape roots in vineyards and nurseries. Plant Dis 71:617–620

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Katz BH, Bishop AL et al (1988) Effect of shoot age and tip culture propagation of grapes on systemic infestations by Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3. Am J Enol Vitic 39:67–70

    Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Ophel K, Kerr A (1989) Effect of hot water treatment on systemic Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 in dormant grape cuttings. Plant Dis 73:242–245

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Reid CL, Tagliatti E et al (1995) Survival and tumorigenicity of Agrobacterium vitis in living and decaying grape roots and canes in soil. Plant Dis 79:677–682

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Reid CL, Splittstoesser DF et al (1996) Effect of heat treatments on grape bud mortality and survival of Agrobacterium vitis in vitro and in dormant grape cuttings. Am J Enol Vitic 47:119–123

    Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Reid CL, Tagliati E et al (1997) Biological control of grape crown gall by strain F2/5 is not associated with agrocin production or competition for attachment sites on grape cells. Phytopathol 87:706–711

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Bazzi C, Süle S et al (1998) Crown gall of grape: Biology of Agrobacterium vitis and the development of disease control strategies. Plant Dis 82:1288–1297

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Reid CL, Adams CE et al (1999) Characterization of Agrobacterium vitis strains isolated from feral Vitis riparia. Plant Dis 83:102–107

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Burr TJ, Johnson KL, Kaewnum S et al (2017) Detection of Agrobacterium spp. in grapevines (Chapter 43). In: Fatmi MB, Walcott RR, Schaad NW (eds) Detection of plant-pathogenic bacteria in seed and other planting material. Second edn. APS Press, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Google Scholar 

  • Canaday J, Gerad JC, Crouzet P et al (1992) Organization and functional analysis of three T-DNAs from the vitopine Ti plasmid pTiS4. Mol Gen Genet 235:292–303

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Canfield ML, Moore LW (1991) Isolation and characterization of opine-utilizing strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and fluorescent strains of Pseudomonas spp. from rootstocks of Malus. Phytopathol 81:440–443

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Canik Orel D, Karagoz A, Durmaz R et al (2016) Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Rhizobium vitis strains from vineyards in Turkey. Phytopathol Mediter 55

    Google Scholar 

  • Canik Orel D, Reid CL, Fuchs M et al (2017) Identifying environmental sources of Agrobacterium vitis in vineyards and wild grapevines. Am J Enol Vitic 68:213–217

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cassells AC (2012) Pathogen and biological contamination management in plant tissue culture: phytopathogens, vitro pathogens, and vitro pests. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, NJ) 877:57–80

    Google Scholar 

  • Cavara F (1897) Tubercolosi della vite. Intorno alla eziologia de alcune malattie di piante coltivate. Stazoni Sperimentali Agrarie Italiane 30:483–487

    Google Scholar 

  • Chang CC, Jayaswal RK, Chen CM et al (1989) Altered imino diacid synthesis and transcription in crown gall tumors with transposon Tn5 insertions in the 3′ end of the octopine synthase gene. J Bacteriol 171:5922–5927

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Chebil S, Fersi R, Chenenaoui S et al (2013a) First report of Agrobacterium vitis as causal agent of crown gall disease of grapevine in Tunisia. Plant Dis 97:836

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chebil S, Fersi R, Chenenaoui S et al (2013b) Occurrence of Agrobacterium vitis carrying two opine-type plasmids in Tunisian vineyards. J Plant Pathol Microbiol 4:175

    Google Scholar 

  • Chen F, Guo YB, Wang JH et al (2007) Biological control of grape crown gall by Rahnella aquatilis HX2. Plant Dis 91:957–963

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Chilton WS, Petit A, Chilton MD et al (2001) Structure and characterization of the crown gall opines heliopine, vitopine and rideopine. Phytochem 58:137–142

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Christie PJ, Gordon JE (2014) The Agrobacterium Ti Plasmids. Microbiology spectrum 2. https://doi.org/10.1128/microbiolspec.plas-0010-2013

  • Clare BG, Kerr A, Jones DA (1990) Characteristics of the nopaline catabolic plasmid in Agrobacterium strains K84 and K1026 used for biological control of crown gall disease. Plasmid 23:126–137

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Couturier MA, Bex F, Bergquist PL, Maas WK (1988) Identification and classification of bacterial plasmids. Microbiol rev 52(3):375–395 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC373151/

  • Crouzet P, Otten L (1995) Sequence and mutational analysis of a tartrate utilization operon from Agrobacterium vitis. J Bacteriol 177:6518–6526

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Dahl GA, Guyon P, Petit A et al (1983) Characterization of opine utilizing bacteria isolated from Quebec Canada. Phytoprotect 64:61–68

    Google Scholar 

  • De Oliveira JR, Da Silva Romeiro R, De Souza Leäo Lacerda B (1994) Occurrence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 on grapevine in Brazil. J Phytopathol 140:363–366

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dessaux Y, Petit A, Tempe J (1993) Chemistry and biochemistry of opines, chemical mediators of parasitism. Phytochem 34:31–38

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dessaux Y, Petit A, Farrand SK et al (1998) Opines and opine-like molecules involved in plant-Rhizobiaceae interactions. In: Spaink HP, Kondorosi A, Hooykaas PJJ (eds) The Rhizobiaceae, molecular biology of model plant-associated bacteria. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 173–197

    Google Scholar 

  • Dhanvantari BN (1983) Etiology of grape crown gall in Ontario. Can J Bot 61:2641–2646

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dula T, Kolber M, Lazar J et al (2007) Production of healthy grapevine propagating material: Pathogens and methods. Online publication http://oiv2007hu/documents/viticulture/Szegedi_OIV_2007_textpdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Eastwell KC, Sholberg PL, Sayler RJ (2006) Characterizing potential bacterial biocontrol agents for suppression of Rhizobium vitis, causal agent of crown gall disease in grapevines. Crop Protect 25:1191–1200

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fabre E, Dunal MF (1853) Observations sur les maladies régnantes de la vigne. Bulletin de la Société d’Agriculture du Département de l’Hérault 40:46

    Google Scholar 

  • Faist H, Keller A, Hentschel U et al (2016) Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) crown galls host distinct microbiota. Appl Environ Microbiol 82:5542–5552

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Farrand SK (1998) Conjugal plasmids and their transfer. In: Spaink HP, Kondorosi A, Hooykaas PJJ (eds) The rhizobiaceae: molecular biology of model plant-associated bacteria. Springer, Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 199–233

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Faure D, Lang J (2014) Functions and regulation of quorum-sensing in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Front Plant Sci 5

    Google Scholar 

  • Ferreira JHS, van Zyl FGH (1986) Susceptibility of grapevine rootstocks to strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3. S Afr J Enol Vitic 7:101–104

    Google Scholar 

  • Ferrigo D, Causin R, Raiola A (2017) Effect of potential biocontrol agents selected among grapevine endophytes and commercial products on crown gall disease. Biocontrol 62:821–833

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Filo A, Sabbatini P, Sundin GW et al (2013) Grapevine crown gall suppression using biological control and genetic engineering: a review of recent research. Am J Enol Vitic 64:1–14

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Galambos A, Zok A, Kuczmog A et al (2013) Silencing Agrobacterium oncogenes in transgenic grapevine results in strain-specific crown gall resistance. Plant Cell Rep 32:1751–1757

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gallie DR, Kado CI (1988) Minimal region necessary for autonomous replication of pTAR. J Bacteriol 170:3170–3176

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Gallie DR, Zaitlin D, Perry KL et al (1984) Characterization of the replication and stability regions of Agrobacterium tumefaciens plasmid pTAR. J Bacteriol 157:739–745

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Garcillan-Barcia MP, Francia MV, de la Cruz F (2009) The diversity of conjugative relaxases and its application in plasmid classification. FEMS Microbiol Rev 33:657–687

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Garcillan-Barcia MP, Alvarado A, de la Cruz F (2011) Identification of bacterial plasmids based on mobility and plasmid population biology. FEMS Microbiol Rev 35:936–956

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gelvin SB (2012) Traversing the cell: Agrobacterium T-DNA’s journey to the host genome. Front Plant Sci 3:52

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Genov I, Atanassov I, Tsvetkov I et al (2006a) Isolation and characterization of Agrobacterium strains from grapevines in Bulgarian vineyards and wild grapes, V. vinifera ssp. silvestris. Vitis 45:97–101

    Google Scholar 

  • Genov I, Atanassov I, Yordanov Y et al (2006b) Genetic diversity of Agrobacterium vitis strains, isolated from grapevines and wild grapes in Bulgaria, assessed by cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences analysis of 16S-23S rDNA. Vitis 45:125–130

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Genov N, Llop P, Lopez MM et al (2015) Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Agrobacterium species from vineyards allows identification of typical Agrobacterium vitis and atypical biovar 1 strains. J Appl Microbiol 118:1465–1477

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gerard JC, Canaday J, Szegedi E et al (1992) Physical map of the vitopine Ti plasmid pTiS4. Plasmid 28:146–156

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gevers D, Cohan FM, Lawrence JG et al (2005) Re-evaluating prokaryotic species. Nat Rev. Micro 3:733–739

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gillings M, Ophel-Keller K (1995) Comparison of strains of Agrobacterium vitis from grapevine source areas in Australia. Austral Plant Pathol 24:29–37

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Goodman RN, Grimm R, Frank M (1993) The influence of grape rootstocks on the crown gall infection process and on tumor development. Am J Enol Vitic 44:22–26

    Google Scholar 

  • Guyon P, Petit A, Tempe J et al (1993) Transformed plants producing opines specifically promote growth of opine-degrading agrobacteria. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 6:92–98

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Haas JH, Zveibil A, Zutra D et al (1991) The presence of crown gall of grape incited by Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 in Israel. Phytoparasitica 19:311–318

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Habbadi K, Benkirane R, Benbouazza A et al (2017a) Biological control of grapevine crown gall caused by Allorhizobium vitis using bacterial antagonists. Int J Science Res 6:1390–1397

    Google Scholar 

  • Habbadi K, Meyer T, Vial L et al (2017b) Essential oils of Origanum compactum and Thymus vulgaris exert a protective effect against the phytopathogen Allorhizobium vitis. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

    Google Scholar 

  • Hao G, Burr TJ (2006) Regulation of long-chain N-acyl-homoserine lactones in Agrobacterium vitis. J Bacteriol 188:2173–2183

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Hao G, Zhang H, Zheng D et al (2005) luxR homolog avhR in Agrobacterium vitis affects the development of a grape-specific necrosis and a tobacco hypersensitive response. J Bacteriol 187:185–192

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Hao L, Kemmenoe DJ, Orel DC et al (2017) The impacts of tumorigenic and non-tumorigenic Agrobacterium vitis strains on graft strength and growth of grapevines. Plant Dis

    Google Scholar 

  • Herlache TC (1999) Biochemical and molecular genetic investigations of the Agrobacterium vitis–grapevine interaction. Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

    Google Scholar 

  • Herlache TC, Hotchkiss AT, Burr TJ et al (1997) Characterization of the Agrobacterium vitis pehA gene and comparison of the encoded polygalacturonase with the homologous enzymes from Erwinia carotovora and Ralstonia solanacearum. Appl Environ Microbiol 63:338–346

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Herlache TC, Zhang HS, Ried CL et al (2001) Mutations that affect Agrobacterium vitis-induced grape necrosis also alter its ability to cause a hypersensitive response on tobacco. Phytopathol 91:966–972

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hoekema A, de Pater BS, Fellinger AJ et al (1984) The limited host range of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain extended by a cytokinin gene from a wide host range T-region. EMBO 3:3043–3047

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hooykaas PJJ (2000) Agrobacterium, a natural metabolic engineer of plants. In: Verpoorte R, Alfermann AW (eds) Metabolic engineering of plant secondary metabolism. Springer, The Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 51–67

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Huang S, Long M, Fu G et al (2015) Characterization of a new pathovar of Agrobacterium vitis causing banana leaf blight in China. J Basic Microbiol 55:129–134

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Huss B, Tinland B, Paulus F et al (1990) Functional analysis of a complex oncogene arrangement in biotype III Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains. Plant Mol Biol 14:173–186

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ignatov AN, Khodykina MV, Vinogradova SV et al (2016) First report of Agrobacterium vitis causing crown galls of wine grape in Russia. Plant Dis 100:853

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Irelan NA, Meredith CP (1996) Genetic analysis of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. vitis using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA. Am J Enol Vitic 47:145–151

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson KL, Zheng D, Kaewnum S et al (2013) Development of a magnetic capture hybridization real-time PCR assay for detection of tumorigenic Agrobacterium vitis in grapevines. Phytopathol 103:633–640

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson KL, Cronin H, Reid CL et al (2016) Distribution of Agrobacterium vitis in grapevines and its relevance to pathogen elimination. Plant Dis 100:791–796

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Jones DA, Ryder MH, Clare BG et al (1988) Construction of a Tra− deletion mutant of pAgK84 to safeguard the biological control of crown gall. Mol Gen Genet 212:207–214

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jumas-Bilak E, Michaux-Charachon S, Bourg G et al (1998) Unconventional genomic organization in the alpha subgroup of the Proteobacteria. J Bacteriol 180:2749–2755

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Jung S-M, Hur Y-Y, Preece JE et al (2016) Profiling of disease-related metabolites in grapevine internode tissues infected with Agrobacterium vitis. Plant Pathol J 32:489–499

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Kado CI (1998) Origin and evolution of plasmids. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 73:117–126

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kaewnum S, Zheng D, Reid CL et al (2013) A host-specific biological control of grape crown gall by Agrobacterium vitis strain F2/5: its regulation and population dynamics. Phytopathol 103:427–435

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Karimi M, Van Montagu M, Gheysen G (2000) Nematodes as vectors to introduce Agrobacterium into plant roots. Mol Plant Pathol 1:383–387

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A (2013) Biological control of crown gall on grapevine and root colonization by nonpathogenic Rhizobium vitis strain ARK-1. Microbes Environ 28:306–311

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A (2014) Reduction in pathogen populations at grapevine wound sites is associated with the mechanism underlying the biological control of crown gall by Rhizobium vitis strain ARK-1. Microbes Environ 29:296–302

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A (2015) Biological control agent Agrobacterium vitis strain ARK-1 suppresses expression of the virD2 and virE2 genes in tumorigenic A. vitis. Eur J Plant Pathol 143:789–799

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Inoue K (2009) Grapevine crown gall caused by Rhizobium radiobacter (Ti) in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 75:205–212

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Inoue K (2012) New antagonistic strains of non-pathogenic Agrobacterium vitis to control grapevine crown gall. J Phytopathol 160:509–518

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Inoue K, Nasu H (2005) Inhibition of crown gall formation by Agrobacterium radiobacter biovar 3 strains isolated from grapevine. J Gen Plant Pathol 71:422–430

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Inoue K, Nasu H (2007) Biological control of grapevine crown gall by nonpathogenic Agrobacterium vitis strain VAR03-1. J Gen Plant Pathol 73:133–138

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Inoue K, Ichinose Y (2008a) Biological control of crown gall of grapevine, rose, and tomato by nonpathogenic Agrobacterium vitis strain VAR03-1. Phytopathol 98:1218–1225

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Sawada H, Ichinose Y (2008b) Phylogenetic and serological analyses reveal genetic diversity of Agrobacterium vitis strains in Japan. Plant Pathol 57:747–753

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Inoue K, Tanina K (2014) Evaluation of the nonpathogenic Agrobacterium vitis strain ARK-1 for crown gall control in diverse plant species. Plant Dis 99:409–414

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kawaguchi A, Inoue K, Tanina K et al (2017) Biological control for grapevine crown gall using nonpathogenic Rhizobium vitis strain ARK-1. Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci 93:547–560

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kerr A (1972) Biological control of crown gall: seed inoculation. J Appl Bacteriol 35:493–497

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kerr A, Panagopoulos CG (1977) Biotypes of Agrobacterium radiobacter var. tumefaciens and their biological control. J Phytopathol 90:172–179

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Khmel IA, Sorokina TA, Lemanova NB et al (1998) Biological control of crown gall in grapevine and raspberry by two Pseudomonas spp. with a wide spectrum of antagonistic activity. Biocontrol Sci Technol 8:45–57

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kim JG, Park BK, Kim SU et al (2006) Bases of biocontrol: sequence predicts synthesis and mode of action of agrocin 84, the Trojan horse antibiotic that controls crown gall. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:8846–8851

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Knauf VC, Panagopoulos CG, Nester EW (1982) Genetic factors controlling the host range of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Phytopathol 72:1545–1549

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Knauf VC, Panagopoulos CG, Nester EW (1983) Comparison of Ti plasmids from three different biotypes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens isolated from grapevines. J Bacteriol 153:1535–1542

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Krastanova SV, Balaji V, Holden MR et al (2010) Resistance to crown gall disease in transgenic grapevine rootstocks containing truncated virE2 of Agrobacterium. Transgenic Res 19:949–958

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kuczmog A, Galambos A, Horvath S et al (2012) Mapping of crown gall resistance locus Rcg1 in grapevine. Theor Appl Genet 125:1565–1574

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kuzmanović N, Ivanović M, Prokić A et al (2014) Characterization and phylogenetic diversity of Agrobacterium vitis from Serbia based on sequence analysis of 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Eur J Plant Pathol 140:757–768

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kuzmanović N, Biondi E, Bertaccini A et al (2015) Genetic relatedness and recombination analysis of Allorhizobium vitis strains associated with grapevine crown gall outbreaks in Europe. J Appl Microbiol 119:786–796

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kuzmanović N, Biondi E, Ivanović M et al (2016) Evaluation of different PCR primers for identification of tumorigenic bacteria associated with grapevine crown gall. J Plant Pathol 98:311–319

    Google Scholar 

  • Kuzmanović N, Puławska J, Smalla K et al (2018) Agrobacterium rosae sp. nov., isolated from galls on different agricultural crops. Syst Appl Microbiol

    Google Scholar 

  • Lehoczky J (1968) Spread of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in the vessels of the grapevine, after natural infection. J Phytopathol 63:239–246

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lehoczky J (1971) Further evidences concerning the systemic spreading of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in the vascular system of grapevines. Vitis 10:215–221

    Google Scholar 

  • Lehoczky J (1978) Root-system of the grapevine as a reservoir of Agrobacterium tumefaciens cells. In: 4th international conference on plant pathogenic bacteria, Angers, France, pp 239–243

    Google Scholar 

  • Lehoczky J (1989) Inoculation experiment on trellised grapevines with Agrobacterium tumefaciens to study the process of crown gall disease. Acta Phytopathol Entomol Hung 24:283–291

    Google Scholar 

  • Li Y, Gronquist MR, Hao G et al (2005) Chromosome and plasmid-encoded N-acyl homoserine lactones produced by Agrobacterium vitis wildtype and mutants that differ in their interactions with grape and tobacco. Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 67:284–290

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lim SH, Kim JG, Kang HW (2009) Novel SCAR primers for specific and sensitive detection of Agrobacterium vitis strains. Microbiol Res 164:451–460

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • López MM, Gorris MT, Montojo AM (1988) Opine utilization by Spanish isolates of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Pathol 37:565–572

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Loubser JT (1978) Identification of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biotype 3 on grapevine in South Africa. Plant Dis Rep 62:730–731

    Google Scholar 

  • Lowe N, Gan HM, Chakravartty V et al (2009) Quorum-sensing signal production by Agrobacterium vitis strains and their tumor-inducing and tartrate-catabolic plasmids. FEMS Microbiol Lett 296:102–109

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ma DQ, Yanofsky MF, Gordon MP et al (1987) Characterization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains isolated from grapevine tumors in China. Appl Environ Microbiol 53:1338–1343

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Mahmoodzadeh H, Nazemieh A, Majidi I et al (2004) Evaluation of crown gall resistance in Vitis vinifera and hybrids of Vitis spp. Vitis 43:75–79

    Google Scholar 

  • Mansouri H, Petit A, Oger P et al (2002) Engineered rhizosphere: the trophic bias generated by opine-producing plants is independent of the opine type, the soil origin, and the plant species. Appl Environ Microbiol 68:2562–2566

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • McCullen CA, Binns AN (2006) Agrobacterium tumefaciens and plant cell interactions and activities required for interkingdom macromolecular transfer. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 22:101–127

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • McGuire RG, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Collmer A et al (1991) Polygalacturonase production by Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3. Appl Environ Microbiol 57:660–664

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Meier-Kolthoff JP, Auch AF, Klenk H-P et al (2013) Genome sequence-based species delimitation with confidence intervals and improved distance functions. BMC Bioinform 14:1–14

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Merlo DJ, Nester EW (1977) Plasmids in avirulent strains of Agrobacterium. J Bacteriol 129:76–80

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Mohammadi M, Fatehi-Paykani R (1999) Phenotypical characterization of Iranian isolates of Agrobacterium vitis, the causal agent of crown gall disease of grapevine. Vitis 38:115–121

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Momol EA, Burr TJ, Reid CL et al (1998) Genetic diversity of Agrobacterium vitis as determined by DNA fingerprints of the 5′-end of the 23S rRNA gene and random amplified polymorphic DNA. J Appl Microbiol 85:685–692

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Moore LW, Chilton WS, Canfield ML (1997) Diversity of opines and opine-catabolizing bacteria isolated from naturally occurring crown gall tumors. Appl Environ Microbiol 63:201–207

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Moore LW, Bouzar H, Burr TJ (2001) Agrobacterium. In: Schaad NW, Jones JB, Chun W (eds) Laboratory guide for identification of plant pathogenic bacteria, 3rd edn. APS Press, St Paul, Minnesota, pp 17–35

    Google Scholar 

  • Mousavi SA, Osterman J, Wahlberg N et al (2014) Phylogeny of the Rhizobium-Allorhizobium-Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 37:208–215

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mousavi SA, Willems A, Nesme X et al (2015) Revised phylogeny of Rhizobiaceae: proposal of the delineation of Pararhizobium gen. nov., and 13 new species combinations. Syst Appl Microbiol 38:84–90

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Moyer M (2013) Grapevine crown gall, disease management white paper. http://winewsuedu/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2013/05/2013-CrownGallWhiteSheetpdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Nascimento T, Oliveira H, Schulz T (1999) Identification of Agrobacterium vitis by amplification of molecular markers. Petria 9:81–84

    Google Scholar 

  • Nautiyal CS, Dion P (1990) Characterization of the opine-utilizing microflora associated with samples of soil and plants. Appl Environ Microbiol 56:2576–2579

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Nautiyal CS, Dion P, Chilton WS (1991) Mannopine and mannopinic acid as substrates for Arthrobacter sp. strain MBA209 and Pseudomonas putida NA513. J Bacteriol 173:2833–2841

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Oger P, Farrand SK (2002) Two opines control conjugal transfer of an Agrobacterium plasmid by regulating expression of separate copies of the quorum-sensing activator gene traR. J Bacteriol 184:1121–1131

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Oger P, Petit A, Dessaux Y (1997) Genetically engineered plants producing opines alter their biological environment. Nat Biotechnol 15:369–372

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ophel K, Kerr A (1990) Agrobacterium vitis sp. nov. for strains of Agrobacterium biovar 3 from grapevines. Int J Syst Bacteriol 40:236–241

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ophel K, Burr TJ, Magarey PA et al (1988) Detection of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 in South Australian grapevine propagation material. Austral Plant Pathol 17:61–66

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ormeño-Orrillo E, Servín-Garcidueñas LE, Rogel MA et al (2015) Taxonomy of rhizobia and agrobacteria from the Rhizobiaceae family in light of genomics. Syst Appl Microbiol 38:287–291

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Otten L, De Ruffray P (1994) Agrobacterium vitis nopaline Ti plasmid pTiAB4: relationship to other Ti plasmids and T-DNA structure. Mol Gen Genet 245:493–505

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Otten L, Canaday J, Gerard JC et al (1992) Evolution of agrobacteria and their Ti plasmids—a review. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 5:279–287

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Otten L, Gerard JC, De Ruffray P (1993) The Ti plasmid from the wide host range Agrobacterium vitis strain Tm4: Map and homology with other Ti plasmids. Plasmid 29:154–159

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Otten L, Crouzet P, Salomone JY et al (1995) Agrobacterium vitis strain AB3 harbors two independent tartrate utilization systems, one of which is encoded by the Ti plasmid. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 8:138–146

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Otten L, De Ruffray P, de Lajudie P et al (1996a) Sequence and characterisation of a ribosomal RNA operon from Agrobacterium vitis. Mol Gen Genet 251:99–107

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Otten L, de Ruffray P, Momol EA et al (1996b) Phylogenetic relationship between Agrobacterium vitis isolates and their Ti plasmids. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 9:782–786

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Otten L, Burr T, Szegedi E (2008) Agrobacterium: a disease-causing bacterium. In: Tzfira T, Citovsky V (eds) Agrobacterium: from biology to biotechnology. Springer, New York, USA, pp 1–46

    Google Scholar 

  • Palacio-Bielsa A, Cambra MA, López MM (2009a) PCR detection and identification of plant-pathogenic bacteria: updated review of protocols (1989–2007). J Plant Pathol 91:249–297

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Palacio-Bielsa A, González-Abolafio R, Álvarez B et al (2009b) Chromosomal and Ti plasmid characterization of tumorigenic strains of three Agrobacterium species isolated from grapevine tumours. Plant Pathol 58:584–593

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Panagopoulos CG, Psallidas PG (1973) Characteristics of Greek isolates of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (E.F. Smith & Townsend). Conn J Appl Bacteriol 36:233–240

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Panagopoulos CG, Psallidas PG, Alivizatos AS (1978) Studies on biotype 3 of Agrobacterium radiobacter var. tumefaciens. In: 4th international conference on plant pathogenic bacteria, Angers, France, pp 221–228

    Google Scholar 

  • Pappas KM, Cevallos MA (2011) Plasmids of the Rhizobiaceae and their role in interbacterial and transkingdom interactions. In: Witzany G (ed) Biocommunication in soil microorganisms. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 295–337

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Paulus F, Huss B, Bonnard G et al (1989a) Molecular systematics of biotype III Ti plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 2:64–74

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paulus F, Ride M, Otten L (1989b) Distribution of two Agrobacterium tumefaciens insertion elements in natural isolates: evidence for stable association between Ti plasmids and their bacterial hosts. Mol Gen Genet 219:145–152

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Paulus F, Canaday J, Otten L (1991a) Limited host range Ti plasmids: recent origin from wide host range Ti plasmids and involvement of a novel IS element, IS868. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 4:190–197

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Paulus F, Canaday J, Vincent F et al (1991b) Sequence of the iaa and ipt region of different Agrobacterium tumefaciens biotype III octopine strains: reconstruction of octopine Ti plasmid evolution. Plant Mol Biol 16:601–614

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Perović T, Renzi M, Mazzaglia A et al (2015) First report of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a causal agent of crown gall on grapevine in Montenegro. Plant Dis 100:515

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Perry KL, Kado CI (1982) Characteristics of Ti plasmids from broad-host-range and ecologically specific biotype 2 and 3 strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Bacteriol 151:343–350

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Pinto UM, Pappas KM, Winans SC (2012) The ABCs of plasmid replication and segregation. Nat Rev Microbiol 10:755–765

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Pitzschke A, Hirt H (2010) New insights into an old story: Agrobacterium-induced tumour formation in plants by plant transformation. EMBO J 29:1021–1032

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Poppenberger B, Leonhardt W, Redl H (2002) Latent persistence of Agrobacterium vitis in micropropagated Vitis vinifera. Vitis 41:113–114

    Google Scholar 

  • Pu X-A, Goodman RN (1993) Effects of fumigation and biological control on infection of indexed crown gall free grape plants. Am J Enol Vitic 44:241–248

    Google Scholar 

  • Puławska J, Willems A, De Meyer SE et al (2012) Rhizobium nepotum sp. nov. isolated from tumors on different plant species. Syst Appl Microbiol 35:215–220

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Puławska J, Kuzmanović N, Willems A et al (2016) Pararhizobium polonicum sp. nov. isolated from tumors on stone fruit rootstocks. Syst Appl Microbiol 39:164–169

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ramírez-Bahena MH, Vial L, Lassalle F et al (2014) Single acquisition of protelomerase gave rise to speciation of a large and diverse clade within the Agrobacterium/Rhizobium supercluster characterized by the presence of a linear chromid. Mol Phylogenet Evol 73:202–207

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Richter M, Rossello-Mora R (2009) Shifting the genomic gold standard for the prokaryotic species definition. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106:19126–19131

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Ridé M, Ridé S, Petit A et al (2000) Characterization of plasmid-borne and chromosome-encoded traits of Agrobacterium biovar 1, 2, and 3 strains from France. Appl Environ Microbiol 66:1818–1825

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Burr TJ, Collmer A (1991) Polygalacturonase is a virulence factor in Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3. J Bacteriol 173:6547–6552

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Roh JH, Yun HK, Park KS et al (2003) In vivo evaluation of resistance of grape varieties to crown gall disease. Plant Pathol J 19:235–238

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rouhrazi K, Rahimian H (2012a) Characterization of Iranian grapevine isolates of Rhizobium (Agrobacterium) spp. J Plant Pathol 94:555–560

    Google Scholar 

  • Rouhrazi K, Rahimian H (2012b) Genetic diversity of Iranian Agrobacterium strains from grapevine. Ann Microbiol 62:1661–1667

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Saito K, Watanabe M, Matsui H et al (2018) Characterization of the suppressive effects of the biological control strain VAR03-1 of Rhizobium vitis on the virulence of tumorigenic R. vitis. J Gen Plant Pathol 84:58–64

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Salomone JY, Otten L (1999) Structure and function of a conserved DNA region coding for tartrate utilization in Agrobacterium vitis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 174:333–337

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Salomone JY, Crouzet P, De Ruffray P et al (1996) Characterization and distribution of tartrate utilization genes in the grapevine pathogen Agrobacterium vitis. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 9:401–408

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Salomone JY, Szegedi E, Cobanov P et al (1998) Tartrate utilization genes promote growth of Agrobacterium spp. on grapevine. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 11:836–838

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Savka MA, Farrand SK (1997) Modification of rhizobacterial populations by engineering bacterium utilization of a novel plant-produced resource. Nat Biotechnol 15:363–368

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Savka MA, Black RC, Binns AN et al (1996) Translocation and exudation of tumor metabolites in crown galled plants. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 9:310–313

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sawada H, Ieki H (1992) Crown gall of kiwi caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Japan. Plant Dis 76:212

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sawada H, Ieki H, Takikawa Y (1990) Identification of grapevine crown gall bacteria isolated in Japan. Jap J Phytopathol 56:199–206

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schroth MN, McCain AH, Foott JH et al (1988) Reduction in yield and vigor of grapevine caused by crown gall disease. Plant Dis 72:241–246

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schulz TF, Bauer C, Lorenz D et al (1993) Studies on the evolution of Agrobacterium vitis as based on genomic fingerprinting and IS element analysis. Syst Appl Microbiol 16:322–329

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sciaky D, Montoya AL, Chilton M-D (1978) Fingerprints of Agrobacterium Ti plasmids. Plasmid 1:238–253

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sim ST, Golino D (2010) Micro- vs. macroshoot tip culture therapy for disease elimination in grapevines. FPS Grape Program Newsl Foundation Plant Services, University of California, Davis

    Google Scholar 

  • Slater SC, Goldman BS, Goodner B et al (2009) Genome sequences of three Agrobacterium biovars help elucidate the evolution of multichromosome genomes in bacteria. J Bacteriol 191:2501–2511

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Slater S, Setubal JC, Goodner B et al (2013) Reconciliation of sequence data and updated annotation of the genome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58, and distribution of a linear chromosome in the genus Agrobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 79:1414–1417

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Smillie C, Garcillan-Barcia MP, Francia MV et al (2010) Mobility of plasmids. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 74:434–452

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Spencer PA, Tanaka A, Towers GHN (1990) An Agrobacterium signal compound from grapevine cultivars. Phytochem 29:3785–3788

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Staphorst JL, van Zyl FGH, Strijdom BW et al (1985) Agrocin-producing pathogenic and nonpathogenic biotype-3 strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens active against biotype-3 pathogens. Curr Microbiol 12:45–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stewart E, Wenner N, Long L et al (2013) Crown gall of grape: understanding the disease, prevention and management. Online Publication. http://plantpath.psu.edu/research/labs/grapes/publications/disease-fact-sheets/Crown-gall-grape.pdf

  • Stover EW, Swartz HJ, Burr TJ (1997a) Crown gall formation in a diverse collection of Vitis genotypes inoculated with Agrobacterium vitis. Am J Enol Vitic 48:26–32

    Google Scholar 

  • Stover EW, Swartz HJ, Burr TJ (1997b) Endophytic Agrobacterium in crown gall-resistant and -susceptible Vitis genotypes. Vitis 36:21–26

    Google Scholar 

  • Süle S (1978) Biotypes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Hungary. J Appl Bacteriol 44:207–213

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Süle S (1986) Survival of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Berlandieri x Riparia grapevine rootstock. Acta Phytopathol Entomol Hung 21:203–206

    Google Scholar 

  • Süle S, Kado CI (1980) Agrocin resistance in virulent derivatives of Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboring the pTi plasmid. Physiol Plant Pathol 17:347–356

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Süle S, Lehoczky J, Jenser G et al (1995) Infection of grapevine roots by Agrobacterium vitis and Meloidogyne hapla. J Phytopathol 143:169–171

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Süle S, Cursino L, Zheng D et al (2009) Surface motility and associated surfactant production in Agrobacterium vitis. Lett Appl Microbiol 49:596–601

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Suzuki K, Tanaka K, Yamamoto S et al (2009) Ti and Ri Plasmids. In: Schwartz E (ed) Microbial megaplasmids, vol 11. Microbiology monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 133–147

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E (1985) Host range and specific L(+)tartrate utilization of biotype 3 of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Acta Phytopathol Acad Sci Hung 20:17–22

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E (2003) Opines in naturally infected grapevine crown gall tumors. Vitis 42:39–41

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Kozma P (1984) Studies on the inheritance of resistance to crown gall disease of grapevine. Vitis 23:121–126

    Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Otten L (1998) Incompatibility properties of tartrate utilization plasmids derived from Agrobacterium vitis strains. Plasmid 39:35–40

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Czakó M, Otten L et al (1988) Opines in crown gall tumours induced by biotype 3 isolates of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 32:237–247

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Korbuly J, Otten L (1989) Types of resistance of grapevine varieties to isolates of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biotype 3. Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 35:35–43

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Otten L, Czakó M (1992) Diverse types of tartrate plasmids in Agrobacterium tumefaciens biotype III strains. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 5:435–438

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Czakó M, Otten L (1996) Further evidence that the vitopine-type pTi’s of Agrobacterium vitis represent a novel group of Ti plasmids. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 9:139–143

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Süle S, Burr TJ (1999) Agrobacterium vitis strain F2/5 contains tartrate and octopine utilization plasmids which do not encode functions for tumor inhibition on grapevine. J Phytopathol 147:554–558

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Bottka S, Mikulas J et al (2005) Characterization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains isolated from grapevine. Vitis 44:49–54

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Szegedi E, Deak T, Forgács I et al (2014) Agrobacterium vitis strains lack tumorigenic ability on in vitro grown grapevine stem segments. Vitis 53:147–154

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Tanaka K, Urbanczyk H, Matsui H et al (2006) Construction of physical map and mapping of chromosomal virulence genes of the biovar 3 Agrobacterium (Rhizobium vitis) strain K-Ag-1. Genes Genet Syst 81:373–380

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Tarbah FA, Goodman RN (1986) Rapid detection of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in grapevine propagating material and the basis for an efficient indexing system. Plant Dis 70(70):566–568

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tarbah FA, Goodman RN (1987) Systemic spread of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 3 in the vascular system of grapes. Phytopathol 77:915–920

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thies KL, Griffin DE, Graves CH Jr et al (1991) Characterization of Agrobacterium isolates from muscadine grape. Plant Dis 75:634–637

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thomashow MF, Panagopoulos CG, Gordon MP et al (1980) Host range of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is determined by the Ti plasmid. Nature 283:794–796

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thomashow MF, Knauf VC, Nester EW (1981) Relationship between the limited and wide host range octopine-type Ti plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Bacteriol 146:484–493

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Tolba IH, Zaki MF (2011) Characterization of Agrobacterium vitis isolates obtained from galled grapevine plants in Egypt. Annals of Agricultural Sciences 56:113–119

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tremblay G, Gagliardo R, Chilton WS et al (1987) Diversity among opine-utilizing bacteria: identification of coryneform isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol 53:1519–1524

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • van Nuenen M, de Ruffray P, Otten L (1993) Rapid divergence of Agrobacterium vitis octopine-cucumopine Ti plasmids from a recent common ancestor. Mol Gen Genet 240:49–57

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Vidal JR, Kikkert JR, Malnoy MA et al (2006) Evaluation of transgenic ‘Chardonnay’ (Vitis vinifera) containing magainin genes for resistance to crown gall and powdery mildew. Transgenic Res 15:69–82

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Wabiko H, Kagaya M, Sano H (1990) Various nopaline catabolism genes located outside the Ti-plasmids in Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains. Microbiol 136:97–103

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wample RL, Bary A, Burr TJ (1991) Heat tolerance of dormant Vitis vinifera cuttings. Am J Enol Vitic 42:67–72

    Google Scholar 

  • Warren JG, Kasun GW, Leonard T et al (2016) A phage display-selected peptide inhibitor of Agrobacterium vitis polygalacturonase. Mol Plant Pathol 17:480–486

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Watanabe S, Sueda R, Fukumori F et al (2015) Characterization of flavin-containing opine dehydrogenase from bacteria. PLoS ONE 10:e0138434

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Webster J, Dos Santos M, Thomson JA (1986) Agrocin-producing Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain active against grapevine isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol 52:217–219

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Wetzel ME, Kim KS, Miller M et al (2014) Quorum-dependent mannopine-inducible conjugative transfer of an Agrobacterium opine-catabolic plasmid. J Bacteriol 196:1031–1044

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wetzel ME, Olsen GJ, Chakravartty V et al (2015) The repABC plasmids with quorum-regulated transfer systems in members of the rhizobiales divide into two structurally and separately evolving groups. Genome Biol Evol 7:3337–3357

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • White CE, Winans SC (2007) Cell–cell communication in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Philos Trans. R Soc B: Biol Sci 362:1135–1148

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yang YL, Li JY, Wang JH et al (2009) Mutations affecting chemotaxis of Agrobacterium vitis strain E26 also alter attachment to grapevine roots and biocontrol of crown gall disease. Plant Pathol 58:594–605

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yanofsky M, Lowe B, Montoya A et al (1985a) Molecular and genetic analysis of factors controlling host range in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Mol Gen Genet 201:237–246

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yanofsky M, Montoya A, Knauf V et al (1985b) Limited-host-range plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens: molecular and genetic analyses of transferred DNA. J Bacteriol 163:341–348

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Young JM, Kerr A, Sawada H (2005) Genus Agrobacterium Conn 1942, 359AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds) Bergey’s manual of systematics of archaea and bacteria. The Proteobacteria, vol 2C, 2ed edn. Springer, New York, pp 340–345

    Google Scholar 

  • Zäuner S, Crespan JE, Burr TJ et al (2006) Inhibition of crown gall induction by Agrobacterium vitis strain F2/5 in grapevine and Ricinus. Vitis 45:131–139

    Google Scholar 

  • Zheng D, Burr TJ (2013) An Sfp-type PPTase and associated polyketide and nonribosomal peptide synthases in Agrobacterium vitis are essential for induction of tobacco hypersensitive response and grape necrosis. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 26:812–822

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Zheng D, Burr TJ (2016) Inhibition of grape crown gall by Agrobacterium vitis F2/5 requires two nonribosomal peptide synthetases and one polyketide synthase. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 29:109–118

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zheng D, Zhang H, Carle S et al (2003) A luxR homolog, aviR, in Agrobacterium vitis is associated with induction of necrosis on grape and a hypersensitive response on tobacco. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 16:650–658

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Zheng D, Hao G, Cursino L et al (2012) LhnR and upstream operon LhnABC in Agrobacterium vitis regulate the induction of tobacco hypersensitive responses, grape necrosis and swarming motility. Mol Plant Pathol 13:641–652

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Zhu J, Oger PM, Schrammeijer B et al (2000) The bases of crown gall tumorigenesis. J Bacteriol 182:3885–3895

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Zidarič I (2009) Monitoring of bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium on grapevine in 2006 and 2007. In: 9th Slovenian conference on plant protection, Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Book of lectures and papers, pp 225–229

    Google Scholar 

  • Zupan J, Muth TR, Draper O et al (2000) The transfer of DNA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens into plants: a feast of fundamental insights. Plant J 23:11–28

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The research of T. J. Burr presented in this paper was partially funded by USDA Federal Capacity Fund grants, USDA-APHIS National Clean Plant Network, and by the New York Wine and Grape Foundation. N. Kuzmanović was supported by the Georg Forster Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Bonn, Germany. We kindly thank Dr. Ernő Szegedi for his critical reading of the manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Messeweg 11-12, 38104, Braunschweig, Germany

    Nemanja Kuzmanović

  2. Research Institute of Horticulture, ul. Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100, Skierniewice, Poland

    Joanna Puławska

  3. College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guang Dong, 518060, People’s Republic of China

    Lingyun Hao

  4. School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Section of Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Geneva, 14456, USA

    Thomas J. Burr

Authors
  1. Nemanja Kuzmanović
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Joanna Puławska
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Lingyun Hao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Thomas J. Burr
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Nemanja Kuzmanović .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Stanton B. Gelvin

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Kuzmanović, N., Puławska, J., Hao, L., Burr, T.J. (2018). The Ecology of Agrobacterium vitis and Management of Crown Gall Disease in Vineyards. In: Gelvin, S. (eds) Agrobacterium Biology. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 418. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2018_85

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation