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Jones RAC, Congdon BS. Australian Cool-Season Pulse Seed-Borne Virus Research: 1. Alfalfa and Cucumber Mosaic Viruses and Less Important Viruses. Viruses 2024; 16:144. [PMID: 38257844 PMCID: PMC10819373 DOI: 10.3390/v16010144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Here, we review the research undertaken since the 1950s in Australia's grain cropping regions on seed-borne virus diseases of cool-season pulses caused by alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). We present brief background information about the continent's pulse industry, virus epidemiology, management principles and future threats to virus disease management. We then take a historical approach towards all past investigations with these two seed-borne pulse viruses in the principal cool-season pulse crops grown: chickpea, faba bean, field pea, lentil, narrow-leafed lupin and white lupin. With each pathosystem, the main focus is on its biology, epidemiology and management, placing particular emphasis on describing field and glasshouse experimentation that enabled the development of effective phytosanitary, cultural and host resistance control strategies. Past Australian cool-season pulse investigations with AMV and CMV in the less commonly grown species (vetches, narbon bean, fenugreek, yellow and pearl lupin, grass pea and other Lathyrus species) and those with the five less important seed-borne pulse viruses also present (broad bean stain virus, broad bean true mosaic virus, broad bean wilt virus, cowpea mild mottle virus and peanut mottle virus) are also summarized. The need for future research is emphasized, and recommendations are made regarding what is required.
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- Roger A. C. Jones
- UWA Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia;
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Matloob A, Mobli A, Chauhan BS. Suppressive effects of increasing mungbean density on growth and reproduction of junglerice and feather fingergrass. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5451. [PMID: 37012305 PMCID: PMC10070261 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32320-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Increased planting density can provide crops a competitive advantage over weeds. This study appraised the growth and seed production of two noxious grassy weeds, i.e. feather fingergrass (Chloris virgata SW.) and junglerice [Echinochloa colona (L.) Link] in response to different mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] densities (0, 82, 164, 242, and 328 plants m-2). A target-neighbourhood study was conducted using a completely randomized design with five replications, and there were two experimental runs in 2016-2017. The leaf, stem, and total aboveground biomass of C. virgata was 86, 59, and 76% greater than E. colona. For seed production, E. colona outnumbered C. virgata by producing 74% more seeds. Mungbean density-mediated suppression of height was more pronounced for E. colona compared with C. virgata during the first 42 days. The presence of 164-328 mungbean plants m-2 reduced the number of leaves of E. colona and C. virgata by 53-72% and 52-57%, respectively. The reduction in the inflorescence number caused by the highest mungbean density was higher for C. virgata than E. colona. C. virgata and E. colona growing with mungbean produced 81 and 79% fewer seeds per plant. An increase in mungbean density from 82 to 328 plants m-2 reduced the total aboveground biomass of C. virgata and E. colona by 45-63% and 44-67%, respectively. Increased mungbean plant density can suppress weed growth and seed production. Although increased crop density contributes to better weed management, supplemental weed control will be needed.
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- Amar Matloob
- Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS), The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia
- Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India
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Sun J, Tan X, Li Q, Francis F, Chen J. Effects of Different Temperatures on the Development and Reproduction of Sitobion miscanthi From Six Different Regions in China. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.794495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The increase in temperature caused by global warming has greatly impacted plant growth and pest population dynamics worldwide, especially for wheat aphids. In this study, Sitobion miscanthi individuals from six geographic populations located in different wheat-producing areas in China were compared with regard to their growth, development, survival, and reproductive under different temperature conditions (17, 22 and 27°C). A population life-table analysis and a correlation analysis between geographic factors and S. miscanthi longevity or fecundity were also performed. Temperature significantly affected the nymphal development duration (NDD), the adult longevity (ALY) and the fecundity (AFY) of the aphids, however, latitude can only affect the NDD and ALY. There is an obvious interaction between temperature and latitude on the NDD, ALY, and AFY. The NDD in the three northern populations was significantly shorter than that in the southern populations. The ALY in northern populations was significantly longer than that in southern populations at different temperatures. Except for Yinchuan population was no significantly different under different degrees, the ALY of other populations was significantly shortened at 27°C. The AFY of northern populations was significantly lower than that of southern populations at 22°C, while significantly higher at 27°C. With the increase of temperature, the fecundity of northern population gradually decreased from 17 to 22°C, while the southern population suddenly decreased at 27°C. The curves of survival rate (sxj) in southern populations were significantly shorter than that of northern population. Especially the populations in Suzhou and Wuhan, in which the survival rate decreased rapidly at 27°C. Age-specific survival rate (lx) of southern populations began to decline rapidly on 15 days of age at 27°C, while those of northern populations were not significantly affected until on 20 days of age. The highest peaks of age-stage fecundity (fxj), age-specific fecundity (mx), and age-specific net maternity (lxmx) were occurred in northern populations. In addition, there was a positive correlation between latitude and longevity under the three degrees, however, only at 27°C, there was a positive correlation between latitude and fecundity. Our result proved that the higher reproductive rate of southern population requires aphids to live at the suitable ambient temperature, and aphid populations in the north have a wider ecological amplitude. The results will be helpful for predicting the potential aphid outbreaks in China’s main wheat areas under suitable conditions.
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Jones RAC, Sharman M, Trębicki P, Maina S, Congdon BS. Virus Diseases of Cereal and Oilseed Crops in Australia: Current Position and Future Challenges. Viruses 2021; 13:2051. [PMID: 34696481 PMCID: PMC8539440 DOI: 10.3390/v13102051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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This review summarizes research on virus diseases of cereals and oilseeds in Australia since the 1950s. All viruses known to infect the diverse range of cereal and oilseed crops grown in the continent's temperate, Mediterranean, subtropical and tropical cropping regions are included. Viruses that occur commonly and have potential to cause the greatest seed yield and quality losses are described in detail, focusing on their biology, epidemiology and management. These are: barley yellow dwarf virus, cereal yellow dwarf virus and wheat streak mosaic virus in wheat, barley, oats, triticale and rye; Johnsongrass mosaic virus in sorghum, maize, sweet corn and pearl millet; turnip yellows virus and turnip mosaic virus in canola and Indian mustard; tobacco streak virus in sunflower; and cotton bunchy top virus in cotton. The currently less important viruses covered number nine infecting nine cereal crops and 14 infecting eight oilseed crops (none recorded for rice or linseed). Brief background information on the scope of the Australian cereal and oilseed industries, virus epidemiology and management and yield loss quantification is provided. Major future threats to managing virus diseases effectively include damaging viruses and virus vector species spreading from elsewhere, the increasing spectrum of insecticide resistance in insect and mite vectors, resistance-breaking virus strains, changes in epidemiology, virus and vectors impacts arising from climate instability and extreme weather events, and insufficient industry awareness of virus diseases. The pressing need for more resources to focus on addressing these threats is emphasized and recommendations over future research priorities provided.
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- Roger A. C. Jones
- UWA Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, P.O. Box 267, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia;
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- Grains Innovation Park, Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Horsham, VIC 3400, Australia; (P.T.); (S.M.)
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- Grains Innovation Park, Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Horsham, VIC 3400, Australia; (P.T.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia;
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Desai HS, Chauhan BS. Differential germination characteristics of glyphosate-resistant and glyphosate-susceptible Chloris virgata populations under different temperature and moisture stress regimes. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0253346. [PMID: 34138963 PMCID: PMC8211168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Thorough knowledge of the germination behavior of weed species could aid in the development of effective weed control practices, especially when glyphosate resistance is involved. A study was conducted using two glyphosate-resistant (GR) (SGW2 and CP2) and two glyphosate-susceptible (GS) (Ch and SGM2) populations of Chloris virgata, an emerging and troublesome weed species of Australian farming systems, to evaluate their germination response to different alternating temperature (15/5, 25/15 and 35/25°C with 12 h/12 h light/dark photoperiod) and moisture stress regimes (0, -0.1, -0.2, -0.4, -0.8 and -1.6 MPa). These temperature regimes represent temperatures occurring throughout the year in the eastern grain region of Australia. Seeds germinated in all the temperature regimes with no clear indication of optimum thermal conditions for the GR and GS populations. All populations exhibited considerable germination at the lowest alternating temperature regime 15/5°C (61%, 87%, 49%, and 47% for Ch, SGM2, SGW2, and CP2, respectively), demonstrating the ability of C. virgata to germinate in winter months despite being a summer annual. Seed germination of all populations was inhibited at -0.8 and -1.6 MPa osmotic potential at two alternating temperature regimes (15/5 and 35/25°C); however, some seeds germinated at 25/15°C at -0.8 MPa osmotic potential, indicating the ability of C. virgata to germinate in arid regions and drought conditions. Three biological parameters (T10: incubation period required to reach 10% germination; T50: incubation period required to reach 50% germination; and T90: incubation period required to reach 90% germination) suggested late water imbibition with increasing moisture stress levels. The GR population SGW2 exhibited a distinctive pattern in T10, T50, and T90, possessing delayed germination behaviour and thus demonstrating an escape mechanism against pre-plating weed management practices. Knowledge gained from this study will help in developing site-specific and multi-tactic weed control protocols.
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- Het Samir Desai
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
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Thierry H, Monteil C, Parry H, Vialatte A. Simulating seasonal drivers of aphid dynamics to explore agronomic scenarios. Ecosphere 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Hugo Thierry
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Iowa State University Ames Iowa50011USA
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- Dynafor INRA INPT INPT ‐ EI PURPAN Université de Toulouse Castanet‐Tolosan France
- LTSER Zone atelier “Pyrénées Garonne” Auzeville Tolosane31320France
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- CSIROEcoScience Precinct 41 Boggo RoadDutton Park Brisbane4102Australia
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- Dynafor INRA INPT INPT ‐ EI PURPAN Université de Toulouse Castanet‐Tolosan France
- LTSER Zone atelier “Pyrénées Garonne” Auzeville Tolosane31320France
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Fine Characterization of a Resistance Phenotype by Analyzing TuYV- Myzus persicae-Rapeseed Interactions. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10020317. [PMID: 33562120 PMCID: PMC7914523 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Turnip yellows virus (TuYV), transmitted by Myzus persicae, can be controlled in rapeseed fields by insecticide treatments. However, the recent ban of the neonicotinoids together with the description of pyrethrinoid-resistant aphids has weakened insecticide-based control methods available to farmers. Since the deployment of insecticides in the 1980s, few research efforts were made to breed for rapeseed cultivars resistant to aphid-borne viral diseases. Thus, only few rapeseed cultivars released in Europe were reported to be TuYV-resistant, and the resistance phenotype of these cultivars was poorly characterized. In this study, several epidemiological parameters (infection rate, latency period, etc.) associated to the TuYV-resistance of the cv. Architect were estimated. Results showed a partial resistance phenotype for plants inoculated at the 2-/4-leaves stages and a resistance phenotype for plants inoculated at a more advanced growing stage. Moreover, analysis of infected plants highlighted (i) a poor quality of infected cv. Architect as a source of virus for transmission and (ii) an extended latency period for infected plants. Thus, dynamics of virus spread in the field should to be slower for Architect compared to susceptible rapeseed cultivars, which should lead to the maintenance of a higher proportion of healthy plants in the field.
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Clarke R, Kehoe MA, Broughton S, Jones RAC. Host plant affiliations of aphid vector species found in a remote tropical environment. Virus Res 2020; 281:197934. [PMID: 32199831 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.197934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) produces annual crops during the dry season (April to October), and perennial crops all-year-round, and is located in tropical northwestern Australia. Sandalwood plantations cover 50 % of the ORIA's cropping area. Aphids cause major crop losses through transmission of viruses causing debilitating diseases and direct feeding damage. During 2016-2017, in both dry and wet seasons a total of 3320 leaf samples were collected from diverse types of sites on cultivated and uncultivated land and 1248 (38 %) of them were from aphid-colonized plants. In addition, aphids were found at 236 of 355 sampling sites. The 62 plant species sampled came from 23 families 19 of which contained aphid-colonized species. Aphid hosts included introduced weeds, Australian native plants, and volunteer or planted crop plants. Six aphid species were identified by light microscopy and CO1 gene sequencing, but there was no within species nucleotide sequence diversity. Aphis nerii, Hysteroneura setariae, Rhopalosiphum maidis and Schoutedenia ralumensis each colonized 1-3 plant species from a single plant family. A. craccivora colonized 14 species in five plant families. A. gossypii was the most polyphagous species colonizing 19 species in 11 plant families. A. gossypii, A. craccivora, A. nerii and S. ralumensis were found in both wet and dry seasons. Because of A. craccivora's prevalence and high incidences on understory weeds and host trees, sandalwood plantations were important reservoirs for aphid spread to wild and crop plant hosts growing in cultivated and uncultivated land. Alternative hosts growing in rural bushland, irrigation channel banks, vacant or fallow land, and orchard plantation understories also constituted significant aphid reservoirs. This study provides new knowledge of the ecology of aphid vector species not only in the ORIA but also in tropical northern Australia generally. It represents one of relatively few investigations on aphid ecology in tropical environments worldwide.
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia; UWA Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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Chen W, Shakir S, Bigham M, Richter A, Fei Z, Jander G. Genome sequence of the corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch). Gigascience 2019; 8:5429686. [PMID: 30953568 PMCID: PMC6451198 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giz033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background The corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch) is the most economically damaging aphid pest on maize (Zea mays), one of the world's most important grain crops. In addition to causing direct damage by removing photoassimilates, R. maidis transmits several destructive maize viruses, including maize yellow dwarf virus, barley yellow dwarf virus, sugarcane mosaic virus, and cucumber mosaic virus. Findings The genome of a parthenogenetically reproducing R. maidis clone was assembled with a combination of Pacific Biosciences (207-fold coverage) and Illumina (83-fold coverage) sequencing. The 689 assembled contigs, which have an N50 size of 9.0 megabases (Mb) and a low level of heterozygosity, were clustered using Phase Genomics Hi-C interaction maps. Consistent with the commonly observed 2n = 8 karyotype of R. maidis, most of the contigs (473 spanning 321 Mb) were successfully oriented into 4 scaffolds. The genome assembly captured the full length of 95.8% of the core eukaryotic genes, indicating that it is highly complete. Repetitive sequences accounted for 21.2% of the assembly, and a total of 17,629 protein-coding genes were predicted with integrated evidence from ab initio and homology-based gene predictions and transcriptome sequences generated with both Pacific Biosciences and Illumina. An analysis of likely horizontally transferred genes identified 2 from bacteria, 7 from fungi, 2 from protozoa, and 9 from algae. Repeat elements, transposons, and genes encoding likely detoxification enzymes (cytochrome P450s, glutathione S-transferases, carboxylesterases, uridine diphosphate–glucosyltransferases, and ABC transporters) were identified in the genome sequence. Other than Buchnera aphidicola (642,929 base pairs, 602 genes), no endosymbiont bacteria were found in R. maidis. Conclusions A high-quality R. maidis genome was assembled at the chromosome level. This genome sequence will enable further research related to ecological interactions, virus transmission, pesticide resistance, and other aspects of R. maidis biology. It also serves as a valuable resource for comparative investigation of other aphid species.
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- Wenbo Chen
- Boyce Thompson Institute, 533 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, 533 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, 533 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, 533 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, 533 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, 538 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, 533 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Nancarrow N, Aftab M, Freeman A, Rodoni B, Hollaway G, Trębicki P. Prevalence and Incidence of Yellow Dwarf Viruses Across a Climatic Gradient: A Four-Year Field Study in Southeastern Australia. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:2465-2472. [PMID: 30307836 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-18-0116-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Yellow dwarf viruses (YDVs) form a complex of economically important pathogens that affect cereal production worldwide, reducing yield and quality. The prevalence and incidence of YDVs including barley yellow dwarf viruses (BYDV-PAV and BYDV-MAV) and cereal yellow dwarf virus (CYDV-RPV) in cereal fields in Victoria, Australia were measured. As temperature decreases and rainfall increases from north to south in Victoria, fields in three geographical regions were evaluated to determine potential differences in virus prevalence and incidence across the weather gradient. Cereal samples randomly collected from each field during spring for four consecutive years (2014-2017) were tested for BYDV-PAV, BYDV-MAV, and CYDV-RPV using tissue blot immunoassay. BYDV-PAV was the most prevalent YDV species overall and had the highest overall mean incidence. Higher temperature and lower rainfall were associated with reduced prevalence and incidence of YDVs as the northern region, which is hotter and drier, had a 17-fold decrease in virus incidence compared with the cooler and wetter regions. Considerable year-to-year variation in virus prevalence and incidence was observed. This study improves our understanding of virus epidemiology, which will aid the development of more targeted control measures and predictive models. It also highlights the need to monitor for YDVs and their vectors over multiple years to assess the level of risk and to make more informed and appropriate disease management decisions.
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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Penn HJ, Crist TO. From dispersal to predation: A global synthesis of ant-seed interactions. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:9122-9138. [PMID: 30377488 PMCID: PMC6194306 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Ant-seed interactions take several forms, including dispersal, predation, and parasitism, whereby ants consume seed appendages without dispersal of seeds. We hypothesized that these interaction outcomes could be predicted by ant and plant traits and habitat, with outcomes falling along a gradient of cost and benefit to the plant. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a global literature review and classified over 6,000 pairs of ant-seed interactions from 753 studies across six continents. Linear models showed that seed and ant size, habitat, and dispersal syndrome were the most consistent predictors. Predation was less likely than parasitism and seed dispersal among myrmecochorous plants. A classification tree of the predicted outcomes from linear models revealed that dispersal and predation formed distinct categories based on habitat, ant size, and dispersal mode, with parasitism outcomes forming a distinct subgroup of predation based on seed size and shape. Multiple correspondence analysis indicated some combinations of ant genera and plant families were strongly associated with particular outcomes, whereas other ant-seed combinations were much more variable. Taken together, these results demonstrate that ant and plant traits are important overall predictors of potential seed fates in different habitat types.
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- Hannah J. Penn
- Department of EntomologyLouisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLouisiana
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Chandrasekhar K, Shavit R, Distelfeld A, Christensen SA, *Tzin V. Exploring the metabolic variation between domesticated and wild tetraploid wheat genotypes in response to corn leaf aphid infestation. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2018; 13:e1486148. [PMID: 29944455 PMCID: PMC6110357 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1486148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Infestation of Triticum (wheat) plants by their pest Rhopalosiphum maidis (corn leaf aphid) causes severe vegetative damage. Despite the agro-economic importance of wheat, the metabolic diversity of Triticum turgidum (tetraploid wheat) in response to aphid attack has not been sufficiently addressed. In this study, we compared the metabolic diversity of two tetraploid wheat genotypes, domesticated and wild emmer. The plants were grown in a control growth room and infested with aphids for 96 h. Our untargeted metabolic analysis performed on plants with and without aphids revealed massive differences between the two genotypes. The targeted metabolic analysis highlighted the differences in the biosynthesis of phytohormones. The aphid progeny was lower in the cultivated durum wheat than in the wild emmer wheat. Overall, these observations emphasize the potential of using the natural diversity of wheat species to better understand the metabolic responses to pest damage.
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- K. Chandrasekhar
- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, USDA-ARS Chemistry Unit, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
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Congdon BS, Coutts BA, Jones RAC, Renton M. Forecasting model for Pea seed-borne mosaic virus epidemics in field pea crops in a Mediterranean-type environment. Virus Res 2017; 241:163-171. [PMID: 28559099 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An empirical model was developed to forecast Pea seed-borne mosaic virus (PSbMV) incidence at a critical phase of the annual growing season to predict yield loss in field pea crops sown under Mediterranean-type conditions. The model uses pre-growing season rainfall to calculate an index of aphid abundance in early-August which, in combination with PSbMV infection level in seed sown, is used to forecast virus crop incidence. Using predicted PSbMV crop incidence in early-August and day of sowing, PSbMV transmission from harvested seed was also predicted, albeit less accurately. The model was developed so it provides forecasts before sowing to allow sufficient time to implement control recommendations, such as having representative seed samples tested for PSbMV transmission rate to seedlings, obtaining seed with minimal PSbMV infection or of a PSbMV-resistant cultivar, and implementation of cultural management strategies. The model provides a disease forecast risk indication, taking into account predicted percentage yield loss to PSbMV infection and economic factors involved in field pea production. This disease risk forecast delivers location-specific recommendations regarding PSbMV management to end-users. These recommendations will be delivered directly to end-users via SMS alerts with links to web support that provide information on PSbMV management options. This modelling and decision support system approach would likely be suitable for use in other world regions where field pea is grown in similar Mediterranean-type environments.
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- B S Congdon
- School of Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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- Crop Protection Branch, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Locked Bag No. 4, Bentley Delivery Centre, Perth, WA 6983, Australia.
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- Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Crop Protection Branch, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Locked Bag No. 4, Bentley Delivery Centre, Perth, WA 6983, Australia.
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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Zhang P, Liu Y, Liu W, Cao M, Massart S, Wang X. Identification, Characterization and Full-Length Sequence Analysis of a Novel Polerovirus Associated with Wheat Leaf Yellowing Disease. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1689. [PMID: 28932215 PMCID: PMC5592212 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To identify the pathogens responsible for leaf yellowing symptoms on wheat samples collected from Jinan, China, we tested for the presence of three known barley/wheat yellow dwarf viruses (BYDV-GAV, -PAV, WYDV-GPV) (most likely pathogens) using RT-PCR. A sample that tested negative for the three viruses was selected for small RNA sequencing. Twenty-five million sequences were generated, among which 5% were of viral origin. A novel polerovirus was discovered and temporarily named wheat leaf yellowing-associated virus (WLYaV). The full genome of WLYaV corresponds to 5,772 nucleotides (nt), with six AUG-initiated open reading frames, one non-AUG-initiated open reading frame, and three untranslated regions, showing typical features of the family Luteoviridae. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analyses suggested that WLYaV had the closest relationship with sugarcane yellow leaf virus (ScYLV), but the identities of full genomic nucleotides and deduced amino acid sequence of coat protein (CP) were 64.9 and 86.2%, respectively, below the species demarcation thresholds (90%) in the family Luteoviridae. Furthermore, agroinoculation of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves with a cDNA clone of WLYaV caused yellowing symptoms on the plant. Our study adds a new polerovirus that is associated with wheat leaf yellowing disease, which would help to identify and control pathogens of wheat.
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- Peipei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio TechGembloux, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Citrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio TechGembloux, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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Knowledge of how climate change is likely to influence future virus disease epidemics in cultivated plants and natural vegetation is of great importance to both global food security and natural ecosystems. However, obtaining such knowledge is hampered by the complex effects of climate alterations on the behavior of diverse types of vectors and the ease by which previously unknown viruses can emerge. A review written in 2011 provided a comprehensive analysis of available data on the effects of climate change on virus disease epidemics worldwide. This review summarizes its findings and those of two earlier climate change reviews and focuses on describing research published on the subject since 2011. It describes the likely effects of the full range of direct and indirect climate change parameters on hosts, viruses and vectors, virus control prospects, and the many information gaps and deficiencies. Recently, there has been encouraging progress in understanding the likely effects of some climate change parameters, especially over the effects of elevated CO2, temperature, and rainfall-related parameters, upon a small number of important plant viruses and several key insect vectors, especially aphids. However, much more research needs to be done to prepare for an era of (i) increasingly severe virus epidemics and (ii) increasing difficulties in controlling them, so as to mitigate their detrimental effects on future global food security and plant biodiversity.
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- R A C Jones
- Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, South Perth, WA, Australia.
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Milgate A, Adorada D, Chambers G, Terras MA. Occurrence of Winter Cereal Viruses in New South Wales, Australia, 2006 to 2014. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:313-317. [PMID: 30694149 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-15-0650-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Winter cereal viruses can cause significant crop losses; however, detailed knowledge of their occurrence in New South Wales, Australia is very limited. This paper reports on the occurrence of Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), Wheat mosaic virus (WMoV), Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), Cereal yellow dwarf virus (CYDV), and their serotypes between 2006 and 2014. Detection of WMoV is confirmed in eastern Australia for the first time. The BYDV and CYDV 2014 epidemic is examined in detail using 139 samples of wheat, barley, and oat surveyed from southern New South Wales. The presence of virus was determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. The results reveal a high frequency of the serotype Barley yellow dwarf virus - MAV as a single infection present in 27% of samples relative to Barley yellow dwarf virus - PAV in 19% and CYDV in 14%. Clear differences emerged in the infection of different winter cereal species by serotypes of BYDV and CYDV. These results are contrasted to other Australian and international studies.
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- Andrew Milgate
- New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Australia
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- New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Australia
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW 2568 Australia
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW 2568 Australia
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Vincent SJ, Coutts BA, Jones RAC. Effects of introduced and indigenous viruses on native plants: exploring their disease causing potential at the agro-ecological interface. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91224. [PMID: 24621926 PMCID: PMC3951315 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The ever increasing movement of viruses around the world poses a major threat to plants growing in cultivated and natural ecosystems. Both generalist and specialist viruses move via trade in plants and plant products. Their potential to damage cultivated plants is well understood, but little attention has been given to the threat such viruses pose to plant biodiversity. To address this, we studied their impact, and that of indigenous viruses, on native plants from a global biodiversity hot spot in an isolated region where agriculture is very recent (<185 years), making it possible to distinguish between introduced and indigenous viruses readily. To establish their potential to cause severe or mild systemic symptoms in different native plant species, we used introduced generalist and specialist viruses, and indigenous viruses, to inoculate plants of 15 native species belonging to eight families. We also measured resulting losses in biomass and reproductive ability for some host-virus combinations. In addition, we sampled native plants growing over a wide area to increase knowledge of natural infection with introduced viruses. The results suggest that generalist introduced viruses and indigenous viruses from other hosts pose a greater potential threat than introduced specialist viruses to populations of native plants encountered for the first time. Some introduced generalist viruses infected plants in more families than others and so pose a greater potential threat to biodiversity. The indigenous viruses tested were often surprisingly virulent when they infected native plant species they were not adapted to. These results are relevant to managing virus disease in new encounter scenarios at the agro-ecological interface between managed and natural vegetation, and within other disturbed natural vegetation situations. They are also relevant for establishing conservation policies for endangered plant species and avoiding spread of damaging viruses to undisturbed natural vegetation beyond the agro-ecological interface.
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- Stuart J. Vincent
- Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Mitchell CE, Cronin JP. Multiple nutrients and herbivores interact to govern diversity, productivity, composition, and infection in a successional grassland. OIKOS 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00680.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jones RAC, Salam MU, Maling TJ, Diggle AJ, Thackray DJ. Principles of predicting plant virus disease epidemics. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2010; 48:179-203. [PMID: 20433348 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-073009-114444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Predicting epidemics of plant virus disease constitutes a challenging undertaking due to the complexity of the three-cornered pathosystems (virus, vector, and host) involved and their interactions with the environment. A complicated nomenclature is used to describe virus epidemiological models. This review explains how the nomenclature evolved and provides a historical account of the development of such models. The process and steps involved in devising models that incorporate weather variables and data retrieval and are able to forecast plant virus epidemics effectively are explained. Their application to provide user-friendly, Internet-based decision support systems (DSSs) that determine when and where control measures are needed is described. Finally, case studies are provided of eight pathosystems representing different scenarios in which modeling approaches have been used with varying degrees of effectiveness to forecast virus epidemics in parts of the world with temperate, Mediterranean, subtropical, and tropical climates.
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- Roger A C Jones
- Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia.
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Jones RAC. Plant virus emergence and evolution: origins, new encounter scenarios, factors driving emergence, effects of changing world conditions, and prospects for control. Virus Res 2009; 141:113-30. [PMID: 19159652 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This review focuses on virus-plant pathosystems at the interface between managed and natural vegetation, and describes how rapid expansion in human activity and climate change are likely to impact on plants, vectors and viruses causing increasing instability. It starts by considering virus invasion of cultivated plants from their wild ancestors in the centres of plant domestication in different parts of the world and subsequent long distance movement away from these centres to other continents. It then describes the diverse virus-plant pathosystem scenarios possible at the interface between managed and natural vegetation and gives examples that illustrate situations where indigenous viruses emerge to damage introduced cultivated plants and newly introduced viruses become potential threats to biodiversity. These examples demonstrate how human activities increasingly facilitate damaging new encounters between plants and viruses worldwide. The likely effects of climate change on virus emergence are emphasised, and the major factors driving virus emergence, evolution and greater epidemic severity at the interface are analysed and explained. Finally, the kinds of challenges posed by rapidly changing world conditions to achieving effective control of epidemics of emerging plant viruses, and the approaches needed to address them, are described.
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- Roger A C Jones
- Agricultural Research Western Australia, Bentley Delivery Centre, WA, Australia.
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Coutts BA, Hammond NEB, Kehoe MA, Jones RAC. Finding Wheat streak mosaic virus in south-west Australia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1071/ar08034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Between 2003 and summer 2006, 33 659 samples of wheat and grasses were collected from diverse locations in south-west Australia and tested for presence of Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), but none was detected. In April–early May 2006, 2840 random samples of volunteer wheat from 28 fields on 24 farms in 6 districts in the grainbelt were tested. WSMV was detected for the first time, the infected samples coming from three fields, one in the Hyden and two in the Esperance districts. In ‘follow-up’ surveys in May 2006 in the same two districts, 8983 samples of volunteer wheat or grasses were tested, and the virus was detected on further farms, two in the Hyden and four in the Esperance districts. Incidences of infection in volunteer wheat were 1–8%, but WSMV was not found in grasses. By September 2006, when 1769 samples from further visits were tested, WSMV was detected in wheat crops or volunteer wheat plants at 2/3 of the original farms, with infection also found at one of them in barley, volunteer oats, and barley grass (Hordeum sp.). When samples of the seed stocks originally used in 2005 to plant five of the fields containing infected volunteer wheat at the three original infected farms were tested, seed transmission of WSMV was detected in four of them (0.1–0.2% transmission rates). In August–October 2006, 16 436 samples were collected in a growing-season survey for WSMV in wheat trials and crops throughout the grainbelt. WSMV was detected in 33% of ‘variety’ trials, 18% of other trials, 13% of seed ‘increase’ crops, and 52% of commercial crops. Incidences of infection were <1–100% within individual crops, <1–17% in trials, and <1–3% in seed increase crops. WSMV-infected sites were concentrated in the low-rainfall zone (east) of the central grainbelt. This area received considerable summer rains in 2006, which allowed growth of a substantial ‘green ramp’ of volunteer cereals and grasses, favouring infection of subsequent wheat plantings. WSMV was also detected at low levels over a much wider area involving all rainfall zones, from Dongara in the north to Esperance in the south. All 26 122 samples collected in January–May 2006 and 515 with possible WSMV symptoms collected in August–October 2006 were also tested for High plains virus (HPV), but it was not detected.
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Coutts BA, Strickland GR, Kehoe MA, Severtson DL, Jones RAC. The epidemiology of Wheat streak mosaic virus in Australia: case histories, gradients, mite vectors, and alternative hosts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1071/ar07475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) infection and infestation with its wheat curl mite (WCM; Aceria tosichella) vector were investigated in wheat crops at two sites in the low-rainfall zone of the central grainbelt of south-west Australia. In the 2006 outbreak, after a preceding wet summer and autumn, high WCM populations and total infection with WSMV throughout a wheat crop were associated with presence of abundant grasses and self-sown ‘volunteer’ wheat plants before sowing the field that became affected. Wind strength and direction had a major effect on WSMV spread by WCM to neighbouring wheat crops, the virus being carried much further downwind than upwind by westerly frontal winds. Following a dry summer and autumn in 2007, together with control of grasses and volunteer cereals before sowing and use of a different seed stock, no WSMV or WCM were found in the following wheat crop within the previously affected area or elsewhere on the same farm. In the 2007 outbreak, where the preceding summer and autumn were wet, a 40% WSMV incidence and WCM numbers that reached 4800 mites/ear at the margin of the wheat crop were associated with abundant grasses and volunteer wheat plants in adjacent pasture. WSMV incidence and WCM populations declined rapidly with increasing distance from the affected pasture. Also, wheat plants that germinated early had higher WSMV infection incidences than those that germinated later. The alternative WSMV hosts identified at these sites were volunteer wheat, annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum), barley grass (Hordeum sp.), and wild oats (Avena fatua). In surveys outside the growing season at or near these two sites or elsewhere in the grainbelt, small burr grass (Tragus australianus), stink grass (Eragrostis cilianensis), and witch grass (Panicum capillare) were identified as additional alternative hosts.
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- Roger A C Jones
- Agricultural Research Western Australia, Locked Bag No. 4 Bentley Delivery Centre, WA 6983, Australia
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- Ian Cooper
- Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Mansfield Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3SR, United Kingdom
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Coutts BA, Hawkes JR, Jones RAC. Occurrence of Beet western yellows virus and its aphid vectors in over-summering broad-leafed weeds and volunteer crop plants in the grainbelt region of south-western Australia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1071/ar05407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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During the summer periods of 2000, 2001, and 2002, presence of Beet western yellows virus (BWYV) was assessed in tests on samples from at least 12 broad-leafed weed species and 5 types of volunteer crop plants growing in the grainbelt region of south-western Australia. In 2000, BWYV was detected in 2 of 35 sites in 2% of 1437 samples, whereas in 2001 and 2002 the corresponding figures were 3 of 108 sites in 0.04% of 8782 samples, and 1 of 30 sites in 0.08% of 2524 samples, respectively. The sites with infection were in northern, central, and southern grainbelt districts, and in high and medium rainfall zones. The hosts in which BWYV was detected were the weeds Citrullus lanatus (Afghan or wild melon), Conzya spp. (fleabane), Navarretia squarrosa (stinkweed), and Solanum nigrum (blackberry nightshade), and the volunteer crop plant Brassica napus (canola). Small populations of aphids were found over-summering at 28% (2000), 4% (2001), and 17% (2002) of sites, mostly infesting volunteer canola and Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish). They occurred in high, medium, and low rainfall zones, but were only found in central and southern grainbelt districts. The predominant aphid species found was Brevicoryne brassicae, with Acyrthosiphon pisum, Brachycaudus helichrysi, Hyperomyzus lactucae, Lipaphis erysimi, Myzus persicae, and Uroleucon sonchi present occasionally. The importance of these findings in relation to the epidemiology and control of BWYV in the grainbelt is discussed.
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Thackray DJ, Ward LT, Thomas-Carroll ML, Jones RAC. Role of winter-active aphids spreading Barley yellow dwarf virus in decreasing wheat yields in a Mediterranean-type environment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1071/ar05048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the grainbelt of south-western Australia, which experiences Mediterranean-type climatic conditions, 3 field experiments with wheat were sown in autumn, 2 at Site A over 2 years and 1 at Site B in the first year only. These experiments related both activity of aphid vectors (migration into and colonisation of wheat) and the spread of infection with Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) serotype PAV to wheat grain yield and quality. Incidences of BYDV serotype RMV and Cereal yellow dwarf (CYDV) were mostly low and BYDV serotype MAV was not distinguished. Rhopalosiphum padi was the predominant vector species but small numbers of R. maidis and Sitobion miscanthi were also present. Repeated insecticide spray applications began at different times in the different experimental treatments. These sprays killed or repelled aphid vectors, thereby preventing further virus spread from the time they were first applied. At both sites, migrant aphids were caught flying into the wheat throughout the winter period. Peak numbers of colonising aphids ranged from 0 to 99/0.5-m transect of crop. BYDV-PAV incidence ranged from 0.1 to 58% of plants and yields ranged from 1.9 to 8.6 t/ha. First aphid arrival was earlier, and virus spread and resulting yield losses greater at Site A. At this site, in treatments where repeated insecticide sprays did not start until 8 weeks after crop emergence (WAE), virus incidence and subsequent yield losses were significantly greater than when the regular applications started at emergence. However, delaying the start of sprays beyond 8 weeks had no further effect on virus spread. Since aphid numbers were very low up to 8–10 WAE, yield losses were due entirely to virus infection of plants during this early growth period. Variation in BYDV-PAV incidence explained 81 or 91% of the variation in yield gaps in the 2 years at Site A where, for each 1% increase in virus incidence, there was a yield decrease of 55 or 72 kg/ha. It also explained the variation in seed weight (88%) and protein content (69%), but not in seed screenings. At Site B, virus spread started too late to cause significant yield or quality losses. These results show that wheat yields are decreased substantially in a Mediterranean-type environment, when aphids immigrate early into wheat crops and remain active throughout the winter-growing period, spreading virus infection at young plant growth stages.
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