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Muñoz V, Curillo D, Gómez S, Moreno-Peña L, Peña D, Chica E, Yánez V, Sánchez-Timm E, Quito-Avila DF. In Vitro-Based Production of Virus-Tested Babaco ( Vasconcellea x heilbornii, syn. Carica pentagona) in Ecuador: An Integrated Approach to an Endangered Crop. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2560. [PMID: 37447121 DOI: 10.3390/plants12132560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
Abstract
Babaco (Vasconcellea x heilbornii), a fruit-bearing vegetatively propagated crop native to Ecuador, is appreciated for its distinctive flavor and nutritional properties. The aim of this research was to determine a functional protocol for tissue culture propagation of virus-free babaco plants including in vitro establishment, multiplication, rooting, and acclimation. First, symptomless babaco plants from a single commercial nursery were analyzed for virus detection and cared for using different disinfection treatments in the greenhouse to reduce contamination during the in vitro establishing step, and three cytokinins, 6-(γ,γ-Dimethylallylamino) purine (2IP), 6-Benzylaminopurine (BAP), and Thidiazuron (TDZ), were used to determine the best hormone for multiplication. The best treatment for plant disinfection was the weekly application of copper sulfate at the greenhouse and a laboratory disinfection using ethanol (EtOH) (70%), Clorox (2%), and a solution of povidone iodine (2.5%), with an 80% survival during in vitro plant establishment. TDZ showed a better multiplication rate when compared with other hormones, and 70% of the rooted plants were successfully acclimated at the greenhouse. Generated plants were virus-free when tested against babaco mosaic virus (BabMV) and papaya ringspot virus (PRSV), two of the most important viruses that can affect babaco. An efficient protocol to produce virus-free babaco plants was elaborated with an integrated use of viral diagnostic tools to ensure the production of healthy start material to farmers.
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- Valeria Muñoz
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090101, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Yanuncay, Av. October 12 and Diego de Tapia, Cuenca 010107, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Carrera de Ingeniería en Agroindustrias, Universidad de las Américas, Campus UDLAPARK, Quito 170503, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090101, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Yanuncay, Av. October 12 and Diego de Tapia, Cuenca 010107, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Yanuncay, Av. October 12 and Diego de Tapia, Cuenca 010107, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Carrera de Ingeniería en Agroindustrias, Universidad de las Américas, Campus UDLAPARK, Quito 170503, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090101, Ecuador
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, FCV, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090101, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090101, Ecuador
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, FCV, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090101, Ecuador
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Reyes-Proaño EG, Cañada-Bautista MG, Cornejo-Franco JF, Alvarez-Quinto RA, Mollov D, Sanchez-Timm E, Quito-Avila DF. The Virome of Babaco ( Vasconcellea × heilbornii) Expands to Include New Members of the Rhabdoviridae and Bromoviridae. Viruses 2023; 15:1380. [PMID: 37376679 DOI: 10.3390/v15061380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Babaco (Vasconcellea × heilbornii) is a subtropical species in the Caricaceae family. The plant is native to Ecuador and represents an important crop for hundreds of families. The objective of this study was to characterize, at the genomic level, two new babaco viruses identified by high-throughput sequencing. The viruses, an ilarvirus and a nucleorhabdovirus, were found in a symptomatic babaco plant from a commercial nursery in the Azuay province of Ecuador. The tripartite genome of the new ilarvirus, provisionally named babaco ilarvirus 1 (BabIV-1), is related to subgroup 3 ilarviruses, including apple mosaic virus, apple necrotic mosaic virus, and prunus necrotic ringspot virus as the closest relatives. The genome of the nucleorhabdovirus, provisionally named babaco nucleorhabdovirus 1 (BabRV-1), showed the closest relation with joa yellow blotch-associated virus and potato yellow dwarf nucleorhabdovirus. Molecular-based detection methods found BabIV-1 and BabRV-1 in 21% and 36%, respectively, of plants surveyed in a commercial babaco nursery, highlighting the importance of enforcing virus testing and nursery certification programs for babaco.
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- Edison G Reyes-Proaño
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, CIBE-ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, CIBE-ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, CIBE-ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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An Unwanted Association: The Threat to Papaya Crops by a Novel Potexvirus in Northwest Argentina. Viruses 2022; 14:v14102297. [DOI: 10.3390/v14102297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An emerging virus isolated from papaya (Carica papaya) crops in northwestern (NW) Argentina was sequenced and characterized using next-generation sequencing. The resulting genome is 6667-nt long and encodes five open reading frames in an arrangement typical of other potexviruses. This virus appears to be a novel member within the genus Potexvirus. Blast analysis of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and coat protein (CP) genes showed the highest amino acid sequence identity (67% and 71%, respectively) with pitaya virus X. Based on nucleotide sequence similarity and phylogenetic analysis, the name papaya virus X is proposed for this newly characterized potexvirus that was mechanically transmitted to papaya plants causing chlorotic patches and severe mosaic symptoms. Papaya virus X (PapVX) was found only in the NW region of Argentina. This prevalence could be associated with a recent emergence or adaptation of this virus to papaya in NW Argentina.
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Phylodynamics and Coat Protein Analysis of Babaco Mosaic Virus in Ecuador. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11131646. [PMID: 35807598 PMCID: PMC9268947 DOI: 10.3390/plants11131646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Babaco is a fast-growing herbaceous shrub with great commercial potential because of the organoleptic properties of its fruit. Babaco mosaic virus (BabMV) is a potexvirus in the family Alphaflexiviridae affecting babaco in all the provinces that produce this crop in Ecuador. BabMV was recently described but it has been affecting babaco for decades and, since many potexviruses are serologically indistinguishable, it may have been previously misidentified as papaya mosaic virus. Based on the coat protein (CP) gene, we aimed to study the distribution and epidemiological patterns of BabMV in babaco and chamburo over the years and to model its three-dimensional structure. Sequences of the CP were obtained from thirty-six isolates from plants collected in the main babaco-producing provinces of Ecuador between 2016 and 2021. The evolution rate of BabMV was estimated at 1.21 × 10−3 nucleotide substitutions site−1 year−1 and a time of origin of the most recent common ancestor around 1958.80. From molecular dynamics simulations, compared to other proteins of BabMV—RDRP, TGB1, and Alkb domain—the CP exhibited a higher flexibility with the C and N terminals as the most flexible regions. The reconstructed viral distribution provides dispersion patterns which have implications for control approaches of BabMV.
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