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Ranabhat NB, Fellers JP, Bruce MA, Rupp JLS. Brome mosaic virus detected in Kansas wheat co-infected with other common wheat viruses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1096249. [PMID: 36938011 PMCID: PMC10022736 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1096249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Wheat breeders are developing new virus-resistant varieties; however, it is assumed that only a few viruses or well-known viruses are present in the field. New sequencing technology is allowing for better determination of natural field virus populations. For three years, 2019-2021, Kansas wheat field surveys were conducted to determine the constituents of natural field virus populations using nanopore sequencing. During analysis, brome mosaic virus (BMV) was identified for the first time in Kansas but was in association with other wheat viruses. Brome mosaic virus was identified from 29 out of 47 different Kansas counties sampled and 44% of the total samples. BMV was found co-infected with wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) and Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV) in 27.8% of the samples, with WSMV only (13.9%) and co-infected with WSMV + TriMV + High Plains wheat mosaic emaravirus (HPWMoV) (13.9%). RNA genomes of Kansas BMV isolates had 99.4 to 100% nucleotide and amino acid sequence identity, respectively, to each other. RNA2a possessed relatively high divergence (π = 0.01) compared to RNA1a and RNA3a (π = 0.004). Coding regions of all BMV RNAs were considered negative for purifying selection pressure as nonsynonymous and synonymous nucleotide ratio was less than one (dNs/dS >1). The identification of BMV in Kansas virus populations adds another layer of complexity to plant breeding. This work provides information to improve tools to aid in monitoring, detecting, and determining the variation within BMV.
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- Nar B. Ranabhat
- Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Science Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- USDA-ARS, Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Science Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Science Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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Blaze a New Trail: Plant Virus Xylem Exploitation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158375. [PMID: 35955508 PMCID: PMC9368924 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Viruses are trailblazers in hijacking host systems for their own needs. Plant viruses have been shown to exploit alternative avenues of translocation within a host, including a challenging route through the xylem, to expand their niche and establish systemic spread, despite apparent host-imposed obstacles. Recent findings indicate that plant viruses from many families could successfully hack xylem cells in a broad range of plant hosts, including herbaceous and perennial woody plants. Similar to virus-related structures present in the phloem, virus particles and membrane-containing viral replication complexes are often observed in the xylem. Except for a few single-stranded DNA viruses in the family Geminiviridae and a negative-sense single-stranded RNA rhabdovirus, Lettuce necrotic yellows virus, the majority of the viruses that were detected in the xylem belong to the group of positive-sense RNA viruses. The diversity of the genome organization and virion morphology of those viruses indicates that xylem exploitation appears to be a widely adapted strategy for plant viruses. This review outlines the examples of the xylem-associated viruses and discusses factors that regulate virus inhabitation of the xylem as well as possible strategies of virus introduction into the xylem. In some cases, plant disease symptoms have been shown to be closely related to virus colonization of the xylem. Inhibiting viral xylem invasion could raise potential attractive approaches to manage virus diseases. Therefore, the identification of the host genes mediating virus interaction with the plant xylem tissue and understanding the underlying mechanisms call for more attention.
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Delgado-Martín J, Ruiz L, Janssen D, Velasco L. Exogenous Application of dsRNA for the Control of Viruses in Cucurbits. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:895953. [PMID: 35832223 PMCID: PMC9272007 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.895953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The recurrent emergence of viral diseases in intensive horticultural crops requires alternative control strategies. The topical application of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules homologous to pathogens has been proposed as a tool for virus control in plants. These dsRNAs induce the silencing mechanism, the RNA interference (RNAi), that degrades homologous dsRNAs. Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) represents a serious threat to cucurbit crops. Since genetic resistance to the virus is not yet available in commercial varieties, we aimed to control this virus by RNAi. For this purpose, we obtained constructions both for expressing dsRNA in bacteria to treat cucumber plants by topical application and for agroinoculation in experiments done in the growth chamber. Besides, greenhouse tests were performed in spring and in summer when plants were challenged with the virus, and differences in several parameters were investigated, including the severity of symptoms, dry weight, total height, virus accumulation, and virus-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs). Spraying of plants with dsRNA reduced significatively CGMMV symptoms in the plants in growth chamber tests. Agroinfiltration experiments done under identical conditions were also effective in limiting the progress of CGMMV disease. In the greenhouse assay performed in spring, symptoms were significantly reduced in dsRNA-sprayed plants, and the development of the plants improved with respect to non-treated plants. Virus titers and vsiRNAs were clearly reduced in dsRNA-treated plants. The effect of protection of the dsRNA was less evident in the greenhouse assay carried out in the summer. Besides, we investigated the mobility of long (ds)RNA derived from spraying or agroinfiltrated dsRNA and found that it could be detected in local, close distal, and far distal points from the site of application. VsiRNAs were also detected in local and distal points and the differences in accumulation were compared. In parallel, we investigated the capacity of dsRNAs derived from genes of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), another economically important virus in cucurbits, to limit the disease in zucchini, both by agroinfiltration or by direct spraying, but found no protective effect. In view of the results, the topical application of dsRNAs is postulated as a promising strategy for CGMMV control in the cucumber.
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- Josemaría Delgado-Martín
- Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria (IFAPA) Centro de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
- Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria (IFAPA) Centro La Mojonera, Almería, Spain
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- Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria (IFAPA) Centro La Mojonera, Almería, Spain
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- Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria (IFAPA) Centro de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Hu S, Yin Y, Chen B, Lin Q, Tian Y, Song X, Peng J, Zheng H, Rao S, Wu G, Mo X, Yan F, Chen J, Lu Y. Identification of viral particles in the apoplast of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves infected by potato virus X. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 22:456-464. [PMID: 33629491 PMCID: PMC7938632 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The apoplast is the extracellular space for signalling, nutrient transport, and plant-microbe interactions, but little is known about how plant viruses use the foliar apoplast. Proteomic analysis of the apoplasts isolated from potato virus X (PVX)-infected Nicotiana benthamiana plants showed that the coat protein (CP) is the dominant viral component. The presence of the CP in the apoplast was confirmed by western blot, viral nucleic acid was detected by reverse transcription-PCR and northern blot, and viral particles were observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The apoplast from infected leaves was infectious if rubbed onto healthy leaves but not when infiltrated into them. The exosomes were separated from the apoplast fluid by high-speed centrifugation and TEM showed that PVX particles were not associated with the exosomes. These results suggest that PVX virions are released to the N. benthamiana apoplast in a one-way manner and do not share the bidirectional transport of exosomes.
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- Shuzhen Hu
- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agriculture UniversityNanjingChina
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- Central Laboratory of Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural SciencesHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural SciencesKunmingChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agriculture UniversityNanjingChina
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐productsInstitute of Plant VirologyNingbo UniversityNingboChina
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Philosoph AM, Dombrovsky A, Elad Y, Koren A, Frenkel O. Insight Into Late Wilting Disease of Cucumber Demonstrates the Complexity of the Phenomenon in Fluctuating Environments. PLANT DISEASE 2019; 103:2877-2883. [PMID: 31490089 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-18-2141-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Some diseases are caused by coinfection of several pathogens in the same plant. However, studies on the complexity of these coinfection events under different environmental conditions are scarce. Our ongoing research involves late wilting disease of cucumber caused by coinfection of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) and Pythium spp. We specifically investigated the role of various temperatures (18, 25, 32°C) on the coinfection by CGMMV and two predominant Pythium species occurring in cucumber greenhouses under Middle Eastern climatic conditions. During the summer months, Pythium aphanidermatum was most common, whereas P. spinosum predominated during the winter-spring period. P. aphanidermatum preferred higher temperatures while P. spinosum preferred low temperatures and caused very low levels of disease at 32°C when the 6-day-old seedlings were infected with P. spinosum alone. Nevertheless, after applying a later coinfection with CGMMV on the 14-day-old plants, a synergistic effect was detected for both Pythium species at optimal and suboptimal temperatures, with P. spinosum causing high mortality incidence even at 32°C. The symptoms caused by CGMMV infection appeared earlier as the temperature increased. However, within each temperature, no significant influence of the combined infection was detected. Our results demonstrate the complexity of coinfection in changing environmental conditions and indicate its involvement in disease development and severity as compared with infection by each of the pathogens alone.
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- Amit M Philosoph
- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon Lezion 7528809, Israel
- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 761001, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon Lezion 7528809, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon Lezion 7528809, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon Lezion 7528809, Israel
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Singh A, Permar V, Basavaraj, Tomar BS, Praveen S. Effect of Temperature on Symptoms Expression and Viral RNA Accumulation in Groundnut Bud Necrosis Virus Infected Vigna unguiculata. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 16:e1846. [PMID: 31457025 PMCID: PMC6697823 DOI: 10.15171/ijb.1846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Background Groundnut bud necrosis virus (GBNV) (Tospovirus genus, Bunyaviridae family) infects the major crops of solanaceae, leguminosae and cucurbitaceae in India. Temperature is an important factor which influences the plant growth and development under diseased conditions. Objective In the present study, we evaluated the effect of four different temperatures on the symptoms expression and viral RNA accumulation in the GBNV inoculated cowpea plants. Material and Methods For the evaluation of viral symptoms and RNA accumulation, we used 2–3 leaf stage cowpea plants grown in the controlled conditions. GBNV was mechanically inoculated by sap method to the cowpea plants and inoculated plants were incubated at four different temperatures (30, 25, 20 and 15 °C). Results The first visible symptom of GBNV infection at the inoculated site was observed in the form of chlorotic spots which were converted into the necrotic spots as the infections succeeded. Some yellow mosaic symptoms were also observed at the systemic site during viral infection cycle. Plants incubated at higher (30 and 25 °C) temperatures showed a severe necrosis and a higher viral RNA accumulation at the inoculated site and facilitated the viral spread at the systemic site. However, viral RNA accumulation was less at the systemic site than the inoculated site. In contrast, symptoms’ expression and viral RNA accumulation were decreased at the inoculated site at low (20 and 15 °C) temperatures, no viral symptoms were observed at the systemic site (15 °C); in addition to viral RNA accumulation suppression at this site. GBNV infection at the inoculated site induced the higher accumulation of H2O2 followed by the induction of cell death at higher temperatures (30 and 25 °C) than the lower (20 and 15 °C) temperatures. Conclusion This study suggests that viral RNA accumulation parallels with the H2O2 production and induction of cell death by GBNV infection in cowpea plants is temperature dependent.
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- Ajeet Singh
- Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
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- Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
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- Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
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Navarro JA, Sanchez-Navarro JA, Pallas V. Key checkpoints in the movement of plant viruses through the host. Adv Virus Res 2019; 104:1-64. [PMID: 31439146 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Plant viruses cannot exploit any of the membrane fusion-based routes of entry described for animal viruses. In addition, one of the distinctive structures of plant cells, the cell wall, acts as the first barrier against the invasion of pathogens. To overcome the rigidity of the cell wall, plant viruses normally take advantage of the way of life of different biological vectors. Alternatively, the physical damage caused by environmental stresses can facilitate virus entry. Once inside the cell and taking advantage of the characteristic symplastic continuity of plant cells, viruses need to remodel and/or modify the restricted pore size of the plasmodesmata (channels that connect plant cells). In a successful interaction for the virus, it can reach the vascular tissue to systematically invade the plant. The connections between the different cell types in this path are not designed to allow the passage of molecules with the complexity of viruses. During this process, viruses face different cell barriers that must be overcome to reach the distal parts of the plant. In this review, we highlight the current knowledge about how plant RNA viruses enter plant cells, move between them to reach vascular cells and overcome the different physical and cellular barriers that the phloem imposes. Finally, we update the current research on cellular organelles as key regulator checkpoints in the long-distance movement of plant viruses.
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- Jose A Navarro
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valencia, Spain.
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Dombrovsky A, Tran-Nguyen LTT, Jones RAC. Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus: Rapidly Increasing Global Distribution, Etiology, Epidemiology, and Management. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2017; 55:231-256. [PMID: 28590876 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) was first described in 1935 infecting cucumber, making it one of the first plant viruses to be studied. Its initial distribution occurred out of England to other countries. This was followed by its distribution from England and these other countries to additional countries. This process increased slowly between 1935 and 1985, faster between 1986 and 2006, and rapidly between 2007 and 2016. The discovery that it diminished cucurbit fruit yields and quality, especially of watermelon, prompted a substantial research effort in worst-affected countries. These efforts included obtaining insight into its particle and genome characteristics, evolution, and epidemiology. CGMMV's particle stability, ease of contact transmission, and seed transmissibility, which are typical tobamovirus characteristics, explained its complex disease cycle and its ability to spread locally or over long distances without a vector. Knowledge of its disease etiology and epidemiology enabled development of integrated disease management approaches that rely heavily on diverse phytosanitary measures. Dispersal of seed-borne infection through the international seed trade following cucurbit seed crop production in tropical or subtropical countries explains its recent rapid dispersion worldwide.
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- Aviv Dombrovsky
- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion 7528809, Israel
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- Plant Industries Division, Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Resources, Darwin, Northern Territory 0801, Australia
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- Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia;
- Crop Protection Branch, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia
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The entry of cucumber mosaic virus into cucumber xylem is facilitated by co-infection with zucchini yellow mosaic virus. Arch Virol 2016; 161:2683-92. [PMID: 27400992 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-2970-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We investigated the synergistic effects of co-infection by zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) on viral distribution in the vascular tissues of cucumber. Immunohistochemical observations indicated that ZYMV was present in both the phloem and xylem tissues. ZYMV-RNA was detected in both the xylem wash and guttation fluid of ZYMV-inoculated cucumber. Steam treatment at a stem internode indicated that ZYMV enters the xylem vessels and moves through them but does not cause systemic infection in the plant. CMV distribution in singly infected cucumbers was restricted to phloem tissue. By contrast, CMV was detected in the xylem tissue of cotyledons in plants co-infected with CMV and ZYMV. Although both ZYMV-RNA and CMV-RNA were detected in the xylem wash and upper internodes of steam-treated, co-infected cucumbers grown at 24 °C, neither virus was detected in the upper leaves using an ELISA assay. Genetically modified CMV harboring the ZYMV HC-Pro gene was distributed in the xylem and phloem tissues of singly inoculated cucumber cotyledons. These results indicate that the ZYMV HC-Pro gene facilitates CMV entry into the xylem vessels of co-infected cucumbers.
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Isogai M, Yoshida T, Shimura T, Yoshikawa N. Pollen tubes introduce Raspberry bushy dwarf virus into embryo sacs during fertilization processes. Virology 2015; 484:341-345. [PMID: 26176979 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We developed a fertilization method in which pollen tubes entered into embryo sacs without any need to contact surrounding female sporophytic cells by using Torenia fournieri (Torenia) plants under the condition of hindering movement of the virus from a stigma, which is the first infection site leading to systemic infection. When RBDV-infected Torenia pollen grains were used for the developed fertilization method, the virus was transmitted to the seeds by pollen tubes germinating from them. On the other hand, no seeds were infected with the virus when Torenia plants were pollinated with healthy Torenia pollen grains in combination with RBDV-infected raspberry pollen grains, which caused the virus infection in the stigma by penetration of their pollen tubes arrested in its style. Our results indicate that vertical transmission of RBDV by pollen occurs in the transport of the virus into embryo sacs by pollen tubes reaching the embryo sacs.
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- Masamichi Isogai
- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-chome 18-8, Morioka 020-8550, Japan.
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-chome 18-8, Morioka 020-8550, Japan
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-chome 18-8, Morioka 020-8550, Japan
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-chome 18-8, Morioka 020-8550, Japan
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High-Throughput Sequencing Identifies Novel and Conserved Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) microRNAs in Response to Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus Infection. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129002. [PMID: 26076360 PMCID: PMC4468104 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Seedlings of Cucumis sativus L. (cv. 'Zhongnong 16') were artificially inoculated with Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) at the three-true-leaf stage. Leaf and flower samples were collected at different time points post-inoculation (10, 30 and 50 d), and processed by high throughput sequencing analysis to identify candidate miRNA sequences. Bioinformatic analysis using screening criteria, and secondary structure prediction, indicated that 8 novel and 23 known miRNAs (including 15 miRNAs described for the first time in vivo) were produced by cucumber plants in response to CGMMV infection. Moreover, gene expression profiles (p-value <0.01) validated the expression of 3 of the novel miRNAs and 3 of the putative candidate miRNAs and identified a further 82 conserved miRNAs in CGMMV-infected cucumbers. Gene ontology (GO) analysis revealed that the predicted target genes of these 88 miRNAs, which were screened using the psRNATarget and miRanda algorithms, were involved in three functional categories: 2265 in molecular function, 1362 as cellular components and 276 in biological process. The subsequent Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis revealed that the predicted target genes were frequently involved in metabolic processes (166 pathways) and genetic information processes (40 pathways) and to a lesser degree the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites (12 pathways). These results could provide useful clues to help elucidate host-pathogen interactions in CGMMV and cucumber, as well as for the screening of resistance genes.
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Kovalskaya N, Owens R, Baker CJ, Deahl K, Hammond RW. Application of a modified EDTA-mediated exudation technique and guttation fluid analysis for Potato spindle tuber viroid RNA detection in tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum). J Virol Methods 2013; 198:75-81. [PMID: 24388932 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) is a small plant pathogenic circular RNA that does not encode proteins, replicates autonomously, and traffics systemically in infected plants. Long-distance transport occurs by way of the phloem; however, one report in the literature describes the presence of viroid RNA in the xylem ring of potato tubers. In this study, a modified method based on an EDTA-mediated phloem exudation technique was applied for detection of PSTVd in the phloem of infected tomato plants. RT-PCR, nucleic acid sequencing, and Southern blot analyses of RT-PCR products verified the presence of viroid RNA in phloem exudates. In addition, the guttation fluid collected from the leaves of PSTVd-infected tomato plants was analyzed revealing the absence of viroid RNA in the xylem sap. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PSTVd RNA detection in phloem exudates obtained by the EDTA-mediated exudation technique.
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- Natalia Kovalskaya
- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA; Institute of Ecological Soil Science of MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Agüero J, Vives MC, Velázquez K, Ruiz-Ruiz S, Juárez J, Navarro L, Moreno P, Guerri J. Citrus leaf blotch virus invades meristematic regions in Nicotiana benthamiana and citrus. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2013; 14:610-6. [PMID: 23560714 PMCID: PMC6638833 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To invade systemically host plants, viruses need to replicate in the infected cells, spread to neighbouring cells through plasmodesmata and move to distal parts of the plant via sieve tubes to start new infection foci. To monitor the infection of Nicotiana benthamiana plants by Citrus leaf blotch virus (CLBV), leaves were agroinoculated with an infectious cDNA clone of the CLBV genomic RNA expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the transcriptional control of a duplicate promoter of the coat protein subgenomic RNA. Fluorescent spots first appeared in agroinfiltrated leaves 11-12 days after infiltration, indicating CLBV replication. Then, after entering the phloem vascular system, CLBV was unloaded in the upper parts of the plant and invaded all tissues, including flower organs and meristems. GFP fluorescence was not visible in citrus plants infected with CLBV-GFP. Therefore, to detect CLBV in meristematic regions, Mexican lime (Citrus aurantifolia) plants were graft inoculated with CLBV, with Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), a virus readily eliminated by shoot-tip grafting in vitro, or with both simultaneously. Although CLBV was detected by hybridization and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 0.2-mm shoot tips in all CLBV-inoculated plants, CTV was not detected. These results explain the difficulty in eliminating CLBV by shoot-tip grafting in vitro.
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- Jesús Agüero
- Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias-IVIA, Moncada, Valencia 46113, Spain
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Hipper C, Brault V, Ziegler-Graff V, Revers F. Viral and cellular factors involved in Phloem transport of plant viruses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:154. [PMID: 23745125 PMCID: PMC3662875 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Phloem transport of plant viruses is an essential step in the setting-up of a complete infection of a host plant. After an initial replication step in the first cells, viruses spread from cell-to-cell through mesophyll cells, until they reach the vasculature where they rapidly move to distant sites in order to establish the infection of the whole plant. This last step is referred to as systemic transport, or long-distance movement, and involves virus crossings through several cellular barriers: bundle sheath, vascular parenchyma, and companion cells for virus loading into sieve elements (SE). Viruses are then passively transported within the source-to-sink flow of photoassimilates and are unloaded from SE into sink tissues. However, the molecular mechanisms governing virus long-distance movement are far from being understood. While most viruses seem to move systemically as virus particles, some viruses are transported in SE as viral ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNP). The nature of the cellular and viral factors constituting these RNPs is still poorly known. The topic of this review will mainly focus on the host and viral factors that facilitate or restrict virus long-distance movement.
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- Laboratoire Propre du CNRS (UPR 2357), Virologie Végétale, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- UMR 1332 de Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA, Université de BordeauxVillenave d’Ornon, France
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Hirneisen KA, Kniel KE. Comparative uptake of enteric viruses into spinach and green onions. FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL VIROLOGY 2013; 5:24-34. [PMID: 23412715 DOI: 10.1007/s12560-012-9093-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Root uptake of enteric pathogens and subsequent internalization has been a produce safety concern and is being investigated as a potential route of pre-harvest contamination. The objective of this study was to determine the ability of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and the human norovirus surrogate, murine norovirus (MNV), to internalize in spinach and green onions through root uptake in both soil and hydroponic systems. HAV or MNV was inoculated into soil matrices or into two hydroponic systems, floating and nutrient film technique systems. Viruses present within spinach and green onions were detected by RT-qPCR or infectivity assays after inactivating externally present viruses with Virkon(®). HAV and MNV were not detected in green onion plants grown up to 20 days and HAV was detected in only 1 of 64 spinach plants grown in contaminated soil substrate systems up to 20 days. Compared to soil systems, a drastic difference in virus internalization was observed in hydroponic systems; HAV or pressure-treated HAV and MNV were internalized up to 4 log RT-qPCR units and internalized MNV was shown to remain infectious. Understanding the interactions of human enteric viruses on produce can aid in the elucidation of the mechanisms of attachment and internalization, and aid in understanding risks associated with contamination events.
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- Kirsten A Hirneisen
- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, 044 Townsend Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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DiCaprio E, Ma Y, Purgianto A, Hughes J, Li J. Internalization and dissemination of human norovirus and animal caliciviruses in hydroponically grown romaine lettuce. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:6143-52. [PMID: 22729543 PMCID: PMC3416640 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01081-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Fresh produce is a major vehicle for the transmission of human norovirus (NoV) because it is easily contaminated during both pre- and postharvest stages. However, the ecology of human NoV in fresh produce is poorly understood. In this study, we determined whether human NoV and its surrogates can be internalized via roots and disseminated to edible portions of the plant. The roots of romaine lettuce growing in hydroponic feed water were inoculated with 1 × 10(6) RNA copies/ml of a human NoV genogroup II genotype 4 (GII.4) strain or 1 × 10(6) to 2 × 10(6) PFU/ml of animal caliciviruses (Tulane virus [TV] and murine norovirus [MNV-1]), and plants were allowed to grow for 2 weeks. Leaves, shoots, and roots were homogenized, and viral titers and/or RNA copies were determined by plaque assay and/or real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. For human NoV, high levels of viral-genome RNA (10(5) to 10(6) RNA copies/g) were detected in leaves, shoots, and roots at day 1 postinoculation and remained stable over the 14-day study period. For MNV-1 and TV, relatively low levels of infectious virus particles (10(1) to 10(3) PFU/g) were detected in leaves and shoots at days 1 and 2 postinoculation, but virus reached a peak titer (10(5) to 10(6) PFU/g) at day 3 or 7 postinoculation. In addition, human NoV had a rate of internalization comparable with that of TV as determined by real-time RT-PCR, whereas TV was more efficiently internalized than MNV-1 as determined by plaque assay. Taken together, these results demonstrated that human NoV and animal caliciviruses became internalized via roots and efficiently disseminated to the shoots and leaves of the lettuce.
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- Erin DiCaprio
- Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health
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Tena F, Molina-Galdeano M, Serra MT, García-Luque I. A single amino acid in the helicase domain of PMMoV-S is responsible for its enhanced accumulation in C. chinense (L(3)L(3)) plants at 32°C. Virology 2012; 427:34-43. [PMID: 22377122 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In Capsicum chinense (L(3)L(3)) plants a higher accumulation of the tobamovirus Pepper mild mottle virus strain S (PMMoV-S) as compared to the Italian strain PMMoV-I is detected when plants are grown at 32°C. By using a reverse genetic approach, we have established that a single amino acid at position 898 in the helicase domain of the polymerase protein, outside of the conserved regions of the helicase, is critical for the higher accumulation of PMMoV-S observed. It also is necessary for both increased accumulation of viral RNA of both polarities in pepper protoplasts and enhanced cell-to-cell movement in C. chinense plants. The influence of thermoresistance of PMMoV-S, a P(1,2) pathotype, and its prevalence on pepper cultivars over PMMoV-I, a P(1,2,3), pathotype, is discussed.
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- Fátima Tena
- Departamento de Biología Medioambiental, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, C/Ramiro de Maeztu no 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is an important virus because of its agricultural impact in the Mediterranean Basin and worldwide, and also as a model for understanding plant-virus interactions. This review focuses on those areas where most progress has been made over the past decade in our understanding of CMV. Clearly, a deep understanding of the role of the recently described CMV 2b gene in suppression of host RNA silencing and viral virulence is the most important discovery. These findings have had an impact well beyond the virus itself, as the 2b gene is an important tool in the studies of eukaryotic gene regulation. Protein 2b was shown to be involved in most of the steps of the virus cycle and to interfere with several basal host defenses. Progress has also been made concerning the mechanisms of virus replication and movement. However, only a few host proteins that interact with viral proteins have been identified, making this an area of research where major efforts are still needed. Another area where major advances have been made is CMV population genetics, where contrasting results were obtained. On the one hand, CMV was shown to be prone to recombination and to show high genetic diversity based on sequence data of different isolates. On the other hand, populations did not exhibit high genetic variability either within plants, or even in a field and the nearby wild plants. The situation was partially clarified with the finding that severe bottlenecks occur during both virus movement within a plant and transmission between plants. Finally, novel studies were undertaken to elucidate mechanisms leading to selection in virus population, according to the host or its environment, opening a new research area in plant-virus coevolution.
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Gosalvez-Bernal B, Genoves A, Navarro JA, Pallas V, Sanchez-Pina MA. Distribution and pathway for phloem-dependent movement of Melon necrotic spot virus in melon plants. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2008; 9:447-61. [PMID: 18705860 PMCID: PMC6640420 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00474.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The translocation of Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV) within tissues of inoculated and systemically infected Cucumis melo L. 'Galia' was studied by tissue-printing and in situ hybridization techniques. The results were compatible with the phloem vascular components being used to spread MNSV systemically by the same assimilate transport route that runs from source to sink organs. Virus RNAs were shown to move from the inoculated cotyledon toward the hypocotyl and root system via the external phloem, whereas the upward spread through the stem to the young tissues took place via the internal phloem. Virus infection was absent from non-inoculated source tissues as well as from both shoot and root apical meristems, but active sink tissues such as the young leaves and root system were highly infected. Finally, our results suggest that the MNSV invasion of roots is due to virus replication although a destination-selective process is probably necessary to explain the high levels of virus accumulation in roots. This efficient invasion of the root system is discussed in terms of natural transmission of MNSV by the soil-borne fungal vector.
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- Blanca Gosalvez-Bernal
- Departamento de Biología del Estrés y Patología Vegetal, CEBAS (CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain
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Herranz MC, Al Rwahnih M, Sánchez-Navarro JA, Elena SF, Choueiri E, Myrta A, Pallás V. Low genetic variability in the coat and movement proteins of American plum line pattern virus isolates from different geographic origins. Arch Virol 2007; 153:367-73. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1100-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Janssen D, Velasco L, Martín G, Segundo E, Cuadrado IM. Low genetic diversity among Cucumber vein yellowing virus isolates from Spain. Virus Genes 2007; 34:367-71. [PMID: 16927122 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-006-0026-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 01/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The population structure and genetic diversity of Cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV) from Spain were estimated by analyses of partial nucleotide sequences of the P1-proteinase (P1-Pro), P3 protein (P3), and the coat protein (CP) coding regions. Analysis of 56 CVYV Spanish field isolates collected from 2001 to 2005 showed low genetic diversity (0.0026, 0.0013, and 0.0012 for the P1-Pro, P3, and CP regions, respectively). The ratio between nonsynonymous and synonymous substitutions was among the lowest found in a plant virus, indicating a strong negative selective pressure in the regions analyzed. Nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions were only found within the P1-Pro regions, although these do not appear to have been selected with time. The results support the hypothesis that the Spanish CVYV population could derive from a single origin of recent introduction.
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- Dirk Janssen
- Centro de Investigación y Formación Agraria, I.F.A.P.A., C.I.C.E. (Junta de Andalucía), Autovía del Mediterraneo Km 420, 04745 La Mojonera, Almeria, Spain.
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Polischuk V, Budzanivska I, Shevchenko T, Oliynik S. Evidence for plant viruses in the region of Argentina Islands, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007; 59:409-17. [PMID: 17328120 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This work focused on the assessment of plant virus occurrence among primitive and higher plants in the Antarctic region. Sampling occurred during two seasons (2004/5 and 2005/6) at the Ukrainian Antarctic Station 'Academician Vernadskiy' positioned on Argentina Islands. Collected plant samples of four moss genera (Polytrichum, Plagiatecium, Sanionia and Barbilophozia) and one higher monocot plant species, Deschampsia antarctica, were further subjected to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to test for the presence of common plant viruses. Surprisingly, samples of Barbilophozia and Polytrichum mosses were found to contain antigens of viruses from the genus Tobamovirus, Tobacco mosaic virus and Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus, which normally parasitize angiosperms. By contrast, samples of the monocot Deschampsia antarctica were positive for viruses typically infecting dicots: Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus, Cucumber mosaic virus and Tomato spotted wilt virus. Serological data for Deschampsia antarctica were supported in part by transmission electron microscopy observations and bioassay results. The results demonstrate comparatively high diversity of plant viruses detected in Antarctica; the results also raise questions of virus specificity and host susceptibility, as the detected viruses normally infect dicotyledonous plants. However, the means of plant virus emergence in the region remain elusive and are discussed.
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- Valery Polischuk
- Virology Department, Taras Shevchenko' Kyiv National University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Requena A, Simón-Buela L, Salcedo G, García-Arenal F. Potential involvement of a cucumber homolog of phloem protein 1 in the long-distance movement of Cucumber mosaic virus particles. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2006; 19:734-46. [PMID: 16838786 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-19-0734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The systemic movement of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in cucumber plants was analyzed. The structure that is translocated and its putative interactions with phloem components were analyzed in phloem exudate (PE) samples, which reflect sieve tubes stream composition. Rate zonal centrifugation and electron-microscopy analyses of PE from CMV-infected plants showed that CMV moves through sieve tubes as virus particles. Gel overlay assays revealed that CMV particles interact with a PE protein, p48. The amino-acid sequence of several tryptic peptides of p48 was determined. Partial amino-acid sequence of p48 showed it was a cucumber homolog of phloem protein 1 (PP1) from pumpkin, with which p48 also shares several chemical properties. PP1 from pumpkin has plasmodesmata-gating ability and translocates in sieve tubes. Encapsidated CMV RNA in PE samples from infected plants was less accessible to digestion by RNase A than RNA in purified CMV particles, a property that was reconstituted by the in vitro interaction of purified CMV particles and protein p48. These results indicate that the interaction with p48 modifies CMV particle structure and suggest that CMV particles interact with the cucumber homolog of PP1 during translocation in the sieve tubes.
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- A Requena
- Dpto Biotecnología, ETSI Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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Rasheed MS, Selth LA, Koltunow AMG, Randles JW, Rezaian MA. Single-stranded DNA of Tomato leaf curl virus accumulates in the cytoplasm of phloem cells. Virology 2006; 348:120-32. [PMID: 16457866 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.11.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Revised: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/11/2005] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Geminiviruses have been reported to replicate in, and localize to, the nuclei of host plant cells. We have investigated the tissue and intracellular distribution of the monopartite Tomato leaf curl virus (TLCV) by in situ hybridization. Contrary to the current understanding of geminiviral localization, single-stranded (ss) DNA of TLCV accumulated in the cytoplasm. TLCV ssDNA was also found in the nucleus, as was lower levels of replicative form double-stranded (ds) DNA. Under the same conditions, Tomato golden mosaic virus (TGMV) ssDNA and dsDNA were found in nuclei. ssDNA of TLCV, TGMV, and Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus (TYLCSV) was detected in some xylem vessels under specific hybridization conditions. Tissue specificity of TLCV was partially released by co-infection with TGMV. Our observations suggest that the mechanism of TLCV movement may differ from that of bipartite begomoviruses.
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- M Saif Rasheed
- CSIRO Plant Industry, P.O. Box 350, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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Sugiyama M, Ohara T, Sakata Y. A New Source of Resistance to Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus in Melon. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.75.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Marco CF, Aranda MA. Genetic diversity of a natural population of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus. J Gen Virol 2005; 86:815-822. [PMID: 15722544 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80584-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An analysis of nucleotide sequences in five coding and one non-coding genomic regions of 35Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus(CYSDV) isolates collected on a local scale over an 8 year period is reported here. In total, 2277 nt were sequenced for each isolate, representing about 13 % of the complete virus genome. Mean nucleotide diversity for the whole population in synonymous positions in the coding regions was 0·00068, whilst in the 5′ untranslated region (5′ UTR) of genomic RNA2, it was 0·00074; both of these values are very small, compared with estimates of nucleotide diversity for populations of other plant viruses. Nucleotide diversity was also determined independently for each of the ORFs and for the 5′ UTR of RNA2; the data showed that variability is not distributed evenly among the different regions of the viral genome, with the coat protein gene showing more diversity than the other four coding regions that were analysed. However, the low variability found precluded any inference of selection differences among gene regions. On the other hand, no evidence of selection associated with host adaptation was found. In contrast, at least a single amino acid change in the coat protein appears to have been selected with time.
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- C F Marco
- Estación Experimental 'La Mayora', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Apdo Correos 164, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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Genetic resistance to plant viruses has been used for at least 80 years to control agricultural losses to viral diseases. To date, hundreds of naturally occurring genes for resistance to plant viruses have been reported from studies of both monocot and dicot crops, their wild relatives, and the plant model, Arabidopsis. The isolation and characterization of a few of these genes in the past decade have resulted in detailed knowledge of some of the molecules that are critical in determining the outcome of plant viral infection. In this chapter, we have catalogued genes for resistance to plant viruses and have summarized current knowledge regarding their identity and inheritance. Insofar as information is available, the genetic context, genomic organization, mechanisms of resistance and agricultural deployment of plant virus resistance genes are also discussed.
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- Byoung-Cheorl Kang
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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