First report of fasciation symptom in Artemisia eriantha (Asteraceae), a typical orophyte of high-altitude cliffs, in Central Apennines (Italy)

By

Pace, Loretta
Pellegrini, Marika
Pannunzio, Giovanna
Pirone, Gianfranco

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-6-10

Original Publication

Plant sociology

Volume

57

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

23--28

Subjects

Apennines genepì , Artemisietum erianthae , Gran Sasso Monti della Laga National Park , Macrosiphoniella artemisiae , micropropagation , restocking , stem fasciation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pavia Società italiana di scienza della vegetazione 2012-2019

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/pls2020571/03

 

Abstract

Artemisia eriantha Ten., also known as 'Apennines genepì', is a valuable aromatic plant with several medicinal properties. Among the several phytoplasma symptoms to which this plant can be subjected, the fasciation is one of the less reported and studied. In natural environments this plant is a characteristic species of the association Artemisietum erianthaeBrullo 1984. In this study, the first occurrence of fasciation in Artemisia eriantha is described. This phenomenon was observed during the ex vitro experimental cultivations, located in Assergi and Barisciano (L’Aquila, Italy), settled for the restocking of this endangered species. The fasciation occurred only in Assergi experimental field with a magnitude of 0.12%. Specific PCR analysis did not show the phytoplasma presence. This fist report allows to expand knowledge about fasciation in Apennines genepì.