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Legarrea S, LaTora AG, Simmons AM, Srinivasan R. Begomovirus Transmission to Tomato Plants Is Not Hampered by Plant Defenses Induced by Dicyphus hesperus Knight. Viruses 2024; 16:587. [PMID: 38675929 PMCID: PMC11055112 DOI: 10.3390/v16040587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Plants can respond to insect infestation and virus infection by inducing plant defenses, generally mediated by phytohormones. Moreover, plant defenses alter host quality for insect vectors with consequences for the spread of viruses. In agricultural settings, other organisms commonly interact with plants, thereby inducing plant defenses that could affect plant-virus-vector interactions. For example, plant defenses induced by omnivorous insects can modulate insect behavior. This study focused on tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a plant virus of the family Geminiviridae and genus Begomovirus. It is transmitted in a persistent circulative manner by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), posing a global threat to tomato production. Mirids (Hemiptera: Miridae) are effective biological control agents of B. tabaci, but there is a possibility that their omnivorous nature could also interfere with the process of virus transmission. To test this hypothesis, this study first addressed to what extent the mirid bug Dicyphus hesperus Knight induces plant defenses in tomato. Subsequently, the impact of this plant-omnivore interaction on the transmission of TYLCV was evaluated. Controlled cage experiments were performed in a greenhouse setting to evaluate the impact of mirids on virus transmission and vector acquisition by B. tabaci. While we observed a reduced number of whiteflies settling on plants exposed to D. hesperus, the plant defenses induced by the mirid bug did not affect TYLCV transmission and accumulation. Additionally, whiteflies were able to acquire comparable amounts of TYLCV on mirid-exposed plants and control plants. Overall, the induction of plant defenses by D. hesperus did not influence TYLCV transmission by whiteflies on tomato.
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- Saioa Legarrea
- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223, USA;
- Department of Food and Agriculture, University of La Rioja, C/Madre de Dios, 53, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223, USA;
- University of Georgia Extension Fulton County, 7741 Roswell Road NE, Room 248, Sandy Springs, GA 30350, USA
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- U.S.D.A.—Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29414, USA;
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223, USA;
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Wang D, Yin Y, Zhang X, Ye J. An Interspecies Recombinant Sida Yellow Mosaic China Virus Isolate and Betasatellite Cause a Leaf Curl Disease in Tobacco in Hainan, China. Plant Dis 2024:PDIS07231346RE. [PMID: 37743589 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-23-1346-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is an herbaceous crop. Cigar tobacco, a group of tobacco cultivars, has recently been planted in a few provinces in China. Since its introduction, symptoms such as leaf curling and vein thickening have appeared. Here we report a begomovirus, Sida yellow mosaic China virus-Hainan isolate (designated SiYMCNV-HN), associated with the betasatellite (designated SiYMCNB-HN) as the causal agent of a leaf curl disease in cigar tobacco (N. tabacum cv. Haiyan101) in Hainan Province, China. Phylogenetic and recombination analyses indicate that SiYMCNV-HN is an interspecies recombinant with a SiYMCNV isolate as the major parent and a Sida yellow vein Vietnam virus isolate as the minor parent. Full-length infectious clones of SiYMCNV-HN and SiYMCNB-HN were generated, which were highly infectious and induced high pathogenicity through agroinfiltration in Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum. This newly reported recombinant begomovirus poses potential threats to tobacco plantations in the region.
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- Duan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Srivastava A, Pandey V, Singh N, Marwal A, Shahid MS, Gaur RK. In silico identification of papaya genome-encoded microRNAs to target begomovirus genes in papaya leaf curl disease. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1340275. [PMID: 38605706 PMCID: PMC11008722 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1340275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Papaya leaf curl disease (PaLCuD) is widespread and classified in the genus begomovirus (Geminiviridae), disseminated by the vector whitefly Bemisia tabaci. RNA interference (RNAi)-based antiviral innate immunity stands as a pivotal defense mechanism and biological process in limiting viral genomes to manage plant diseases. The current study aims to identify and analyze Carica Papaya locus-derived capa-microRNAs with predicted potential for targeting divergent begomovirus species-encoded mRNAs using a 'four integrative in silico algorithms' approach. This research aims to experimentally activate the RNAi catalytic pathway using in silico-predicted endogenous capa-miRNAs and create papaya varieties capable of assessing potential resistance against begomovirus species and monitoring antiviral capabilities. This study identified 48 predicted papaya locus-derived candidates from 23 miRNA families, which were further investigated for targeting begomovirus genes. Premised all the four algorithms combined, capa-miR5021 was the most anticipated miRNA followed by capa-miR482, capa-miR5658, capa-miR530b, capa-miR3441.2, and capa-miR414 'effective' papaya locus-derived candidate capa-miRNA and respected putative binding sites for targets at the consensus nucleotide position. It was predicted to bind and target mostly to AC1 gene of the complementary strand and the AV1 gene of the virion strand of different begomovirus isolates, which were associated with replication-associated protein and encapsidation, respectively, during PaLCuD. These miRNAs were also found targeting betaC1 gene of betasatellite which were associated with retardation in leaf growth and developmental abnormalities with severe symptoms during begomovirus infection. To validate target prediction accuracy, we created an integrated Circos plot for comprehensive visualization of host-virus interaction. In silico-predicted papaya genome-wide miRNA-mediated begomovirus target gene regulatory network corroborated interactions that permit in vivo analysis, which could provide biological material and valuable evidence, leading to the development of begomovirus-resistant papaya plants. The integrative nature of our research positions it at the forefront of efforts to ensure the sustainable cultivation of papaya, particularly in the face of evolving pathogenic threats. As we move forward, the knowledge gained from this study provides a solid foundation for continued exploration and innovation in the field of papaya virology, and to the best of our knowledge, this study represents a groundbreaking endeavor, undertaken for the first time in the context of PaLCuD research.
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- Aarshi Srivastava
- Department of Biotechnology, Deen Dayal Updhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Deen Dayal Updhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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- Institute of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Deen Dayal Updhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Biotechnology, Deen Dayal Updhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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Koeda S, Kitawaki A. Breakdown of Ty- 1-Based Resistance to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in Tomato Plants at High Temperatures. Phytopathology 2024; 114:294-303. [PMID: 37321561 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-04-23-0119-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The global dissemination of the Israel (IL) and mild (Mld) strains of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) (family Geminiviridae, genus Begomovirus) is a major threat to tomato production in many regions worldwide. The use of resistant hybrid cultivars bearing the dominant resistance genes Ty-1, Ty-3, and Ty-3a has become a common practice for controlling tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) caused by TYLCV. However, TYLCD symptoms have been sporadically observed in resistant cultivars grown in seasons when temperatures are high. In this study, we used TYLCV-resistant cultivars with confirmed presence of Ty-1, which were determined using newly developed allele-specific markers based on polymorphisms within the locus. These Ty-1-bearing resistant tomato plants and susceptible plants were infected with TYLCV and grown at moderate or high temperatures. Under high-temperature conditions, the Ty-1-bearing tomato cultivar Momotaro Hope (MH) infected with TYLCV-IL had severe TYLCD symptoms, which were almost equivalent to those of the susceptible cultivar. However, MH plants infected with TYLCV-Mld were symptomless or had slight symptoms under the same temperature condition. The quantitative analysis of the TYLCV-IL viral DNA content revealed a correlation between symptom development and viral DNA accumulation. Furthermore, under high-temperature conditions, TYLCV-IL caused severe symptoms in multiple commercial tomato cultivars with different genetic backgrounds. Our study provided the scientific evidence for the experientially known phenomenon by tomato growers, and it is anticipated that global warming, associated with climate change, could potentially disrupt the management of TYLCV in tomato plants mediated by the Ty-1 gene.
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- Sota Koeda
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nara, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nara, Japan
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Zhang W, Liu S, Xie G, Li X, Zhai Y, Lin W, Wu Z, Du Z, Zhang J. Size Restriction Is Required for Proper Functioning of a Bipartite Begomovirus AC4 Protein. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2023; 36:774-778. [PMID: 37665597 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-23-0020-sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Many geminiviruses, including members of the genus Begomovirus, produce a protein known as C4 or AC4. Whereas C4/AC4 typically consists of more than 80 amino acid residues, a few are much shorter. The significance of these shorter C4/AC4 proteins in viral infection and why the virus maintains their abbreviated length is not yet understood. The AC4 of the begomovirus Tomato leaf curl Hsinchu virus contains only 65 amino acids, but it extends to 96 amino acids when the natural termination codon is replaced with a normal codon. We discovered that both interrupting and extending AC4 were harmful to tomato leaf curl Hsinchu virus (ToLCHsV). The extended AC4 (EAC4) also showed a reduced ability to promote the infection of the heterologous virus Potato virus X than the wild-type AC4. When the wild-type AC4 was fused with yellow fluorescent protein (AC4-YFP), it was predominantly found in chloroplasts, whereas EAC4-YFP was mainly localized to the cell periphery. These results suggest that ToLCHsV's AC4 protein is important for viral infection, and the virus may benefit from the abbreviated length, because it may lead to chloroplast localization. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Wenwen Zhang
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Citrus Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taizhou 318020, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Iqbal Z, Shafiq M, Sattar MN, Ali I, Khurshid M, Farooq U, Munir M. Genetic Diversity, Evolutionary Dynamics, and Ongoing Spread of Pedilanthus Leaf Curl Virus. Viruses 2023; 15:2358. [PMID: 38140599 PMCID: PMC10747432 DOI: 10.3390/v15122358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Pedilanthus leaf curl virus (PeLCV) is a monopartite begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) discovered just a few decades ago. Since then, it has become a widely encountered virus, with reports from ca. 25 plant species across Pakistan and India, indicative of its notable evolutionary success. Viruses mutate at such a swift rate that their ecological and evolutionary behaviors are inextricably linked, and all of these behaviors are imprinted on their genomes as genetic diversity. So, all these imprints can be mapped by computational methods. This study was designed to map the sequence variation dynamics, genetic heterogeneity, regional diversity, phylogeny, and recombination events imprinted on the PeLCV genome. Phylogenetic and network analysis grouped the full-length genome sequences of 52 PeLCV isolates into 7 major clades, displaying some regional delineation but lacking host-specific demarcation. The progenitor of PeLCV was found to have originated in Multan, Pakistan, in 1977, from where it spread concurrently to India and various regions of Pakistan. A high proportion of recombination events, distributed unevenly throughout the genome and involving both inter- and intraspecies recombinants, were inferred. The findings of this study highlight that the PeLCV population is expanding under a high degree of genetic diversity (π = 0.073%), a high rate of mean nucleotide substitution (1.54 × 10-3), demographic selection, and a high rate of recombination. This sets PeLCV apart as a distinctive begomovirus among other begomoviruses. These factors could further exacerbate the PeLCV divergence and adaptation to new hosts. The insights of this study that pinpoint the emergence of PeLCV are outlined.
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- Zafar Iqbal
- Central Laboratories, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa P.O. Box 55110, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Management and Technology, Sialkot Campus, Sialkot P.O. Box 51340, Pakistan;
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- Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad P.O. Box 38000, Pakistan;
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- School of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab, Lahore P.O. Box 54590, Pakistan;
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot P.O. Box 51340, Pakistan;
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- Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa P.O. Box 31982, Saudi Arabia;
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Devendran R, Kavalappara SR, Simmons AM, Bag S. Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses of Cucurbits in the Southern United States. Viruses 2023; 15:2278. [PMID: 38005954 PMCID: PMC10675411 DOI: 10.3390/v15112278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Cucurbits are economically important crops that are widely cultivated in many parts of the world, including the southern US. In recent years, higher temperatures have favored the rapid build-up of whiteflies in the fall-grown cucurbits in this region. As a result, whitefly-transmitted viruses (WTVs) have severely impacted the marketable yield of cucurbits. In this review, we discuss three major groups of WTVs negatively impacting cucurbit cultivation in the southern US, including begomoviruses, criniviruses, and ipomoviruses. Here, we discuss the available information on the biology, epidemiology and advances made toward detecting and managing these viruses, including sources of resistance and cultural practices.
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- U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Charleston, SC 29414, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
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Sáez C, Kheireddine A, García A, Sifres A, Moreno A, Font-San-Ambrosio MI, Picó B, López C. Further Molecular Diagnosis Determines Lack of Evidence for Real Seed Transmission of Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus in Cucurbits. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:3773. [PMID: 37960129 PMCID: PMC10650430 DOI: 10.3390/plants12213773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) cause serious diseases in many crop families. Since 2013, the Spanish isolate of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) has been a limiting factor for cucurbits production in the Mediterranean basin, forcing farmers to adapt new management and control techniques. Although it is well-known that begomoviruses are naturally transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, the capacity of these viruses to be vertically transmitted through seeds remains controversial. Clarifying the potential ToLCNDV seed transmission is essential to understand the epidemiology of this threating-for-cucurbits virus and to design appropriate control strategies. We assessed ToLCNDV distribution in the leaves, flowers and seeds of the infected plants of susceptible Cucumis melo accessions and toleration to the infected genotypes of Cucurbita moschata by conventional and quantitative PCR. We analyzed whether the viral particle was transmitted to offspring. We also evaluated ToLCNDV presence in commercial seeds of cucurbits (zucchini (Cucurbita pepo), melon (C. melo), cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)) and in their progenies. As the assayed seedlings remained symptomless, we increased the reliability and accuracy of detection in these samples by searching for replicative forms of ToLCNDV by combining Southern blot hybridization and rolling-circle amplification (RCA). However, integral genomic DNA was not identified in the plants of offspring. Although the seedborne nature of ToLCNDV was confirmed, our results do not support the transmission of this virus from contaminated seeds to progeny.
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- Cristina Sáez
- Institute for the Conservation and Breeding of Valencian Agro-Diversity, Universitat Politècnica de València (COMAV-UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (A.K.); (A.S.); (B.P.)
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA and E.T.S. Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28031 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for the Conservation and Breeding of Valencian Agro-Diversity, Universitat Politècnica de València (COMAV-UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (A.K.); (A.S.); (B.P.)
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas—Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain;
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- Institute for the Conservation and Breeding of Valencian Agro-Diversity, Universitat Politècnica de València (COMAV-UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (A.K.); (A.S.); (B.P.)
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- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de València (IAM-UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain;
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- Institute for the Conservation and Breeding of Valencian Agro-Diversity, Universitat Politècnica de València (COMAV-UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (A.K.); (A.S.); (B.P.)
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- Institute for the Conservation and Breeding of Valencian Agro-Diversity, Universitat Politècnica de València (COMAV-UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (A.K.); (A.S.); (B.P.)
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Jailani AAK, Paret ML. Development of a multiplex RT-RPA assay for simultaneous detection of three viruses in cucurbits. Mol Plant Pathol 2023; 24:1443-1450. [PMID: 37462133 PMCID: PMC10576173 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Begomoviruses and criniviruses, vectored by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci), are important threats to crops worldwide. In recent years, the spread of cucurbit leaf crumple virus (CuLCrV), cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) and cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) on cucurbit crops has been reported to cause devastating crop losses in many regions of the world. In this study, a multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay, an isothermal technique for rapid and simultaneous detection of DNA and RNA viruses CuLCrV, CYSDV and CCYV was developed. Highly specific and sensitive multiplex RPA primers for the coat protein region of these viruses were created and evaluated. The sensitivity of the multiplex RPA assay was examined using serially diluted plasmid containing the target regions. The results demonstrated that multiplex RPA primers have high sensitivity with a detection limit of a single copy of the viruses. The multiplex RPA primers were specific to the target as indicated by testing against other begomoviruses, potyviruses and an ilarvirus, and no nonspecific amplifications were noted. The primers simultaneously detected mixed infection of CCYV, CYSDV and CuLCrV in watermelon and squash crude extracts. This study is the first report of a multiplex RPA assay for simultaneous detection of mixed infection of DNA and RNA plant viruses.
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- A. Abdul Kader Jailani
- North Florida Research and Education CenterUniversity of FloridaQuincyFloridaUSA
- Plant Pathology DepartmentUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- North Florida Research and Education CenterUniversity of FloridaQuincyFloridaUSA
- Plant Pathology DepartmentUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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Vignesh S, Renukadevi P, Nagendran K, Senthil N, Kumar RV, SwarnaPriya R, Behera TK, Karthikeyan G. A distinct strain of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus that causes mosaic disease in ash gourd and other cucurbitaceous crops. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1268333. [PMID: 37965544 PMCID: PMC10641021 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1268333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Ash gourd (Benincasa hispida) is a cucurbitaceous crop cultivated as an edible vegetable rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fibers and antioxidants. In a field survey conducted in the Udumalpet region of Tamil Nadu during 2019, the incidence of mosaic disease on ash gourd crop was observed to be 75%. The DNA-A and DNA-B components of begomovirus genome have been identified as associated with this disease. Both the cloned DNA-A and DNA-B genomic components shared highest pairwise sequence identities with the isolates of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), a bipartite begomovirus. Recombinant analysis showed that both the components are possibly evolved through intra-species recombination between ToLCNDV isolates. Tomato leaf curl Bangladesh betasatellite (ToLCBB) is not naturally associated with this sample. The results of infectivity studies on ash gourd and other cucurbitaceous crops demonstrates the Koch's postulates, when co-inoculation of DNA-A and DNA-B of ToLCNDV was undertaken. However, the inoculation of non-cognate ToLCBB along with DNA-A and DNA-B enhances the symptom expression and reduces the time taken for symptom development. Thus, Koch's postulates were proved for these virus complexes on cucurbitaceous crops. Furthermore, an enhanced accumulation of DNA-A component was detected in the cucurbits co-inoculated with ToLCNDV and ToLCBB. This report highlights the importance of investigating the spread of these disease complexes with other cucurbitaceous crops in India.
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- S. Vignesh
- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science and Humanities, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Floriculture Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Rajabu CA, Dallas MM, Chiunga E, De León L, Ateka EM, Tairo F, Ndunguru J, Ascencio-Ibanez JT, Hanley-Bowdoin L. SEGS-1 a cassava genomic sequence increases the severity of African cassava mosaic virus infection in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1250105. [PMID: 37915512 PMCID: PMC10616593 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1250105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Cassava is a major crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, where it is grown primarily by smallholder farmers. Cassava production is constrained by Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which is caused by a complex of cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs). A previous study showed that SEGS-1 (sequences enhancing geminivirus symptoms), which occurs in the cassava genome and as episomes during viral infection, enhances CMD symptoms and breaks resistance in cassava. We report here that SEGS-1 also increases viral disease severity in Arabidopsis thaliana plants that are co-inoculated with African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) and SEGS-1 sequences. Viral disease was also enhanced in Arabidopsis plants carrying a SEGS-1 transgene when inoculated with ACMV alone. Unlike cassava, no SEGS-1 episomal DNA was detected in the transgenic Arabidopsis plants during ACMV infection. Studies using Nicotiana tabacum suspension cells showed that co-transfection of SEGS-1 sequences with an ACMV replicon increases viral DNA accumulation in the absence of viral movement. Together, these results demonstrated that SEGS-1 can function in a heterologous host to increase disease severity. Moreover, SEGS-1 is active in a host genomic context, indicating that SEGS-1 episomes are not required for disease enhancement.
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- Cyprian A. Rajabu
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Department of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Department of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-Mikocheni, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-Mikocheni, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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Dokka N, Marathe A, Sahu B, Kaushal P, Ghosh PK, Sivalingam PN. Cajanus Scarabaeoides Yellow Mosaic Virus, a New Bipartite Begomovirus Causing Yellow Mosaic Disease in Cajanus scarabaeoides in India. Plant Dis 2023; 107:2924-2928. [PMID: 36890129 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-22-1473-sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Yellow mosaic disease of Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars (CsYMD) was observed in up to 46% of C. scarabaeoides plants in the mungbean, urdbean, and pigeon pea fields from 22 districts of Chhattisgarh State, India, during 2017 to 2019. The symptoms were characterized by yellow mosaic on green leaves and yellow discoloration of leaves in advanced stages of the disease. Severely infected plants showed shortened internodal length and reduced leaf size. CsYMD was transmissible to healthy C. scarabaeoides and C. cajan by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). The infected plants developed typical yellow mosaic symptoms on their leaves within 16 and 22 days of inoculation, respectively, suggesting a begomovirus etiology. Molecular analysis revealed that this begomovirus has a bipartite genome composed of DNA-A (2,729 nucleotides) and DNA-B (2,630 nucleotides). Sequence and phylogenetic analyses revealed that the nucleotide sequence of the DNA-A component had the highest identity of 81.1% with DNA-A of Rhynchosia yellow mosaic virus (RhYMV; NC_038885), followed by mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MN602427; 75.3%). DNA-B had the highest identity of 74.0% with DNA-B of RhYMV (NC_038886). As per ICTV guidelines, this isolate had <91% nucleotide identity with DNA-A of any of the begomoviruses reported; so, it is proposed as a new begomovirus species, tentatively named C. scarabaeoides yellow mosaic virus (CsYMV). After agroinoculation with DNA-A and DNA-B clones of CsYMV, all Nicotiana benthamiana plants developed leaf curl symptoms along with light yellowing symptoms 8 to 10 days after inoculation (DAI), while ∼60% of the C. scarabaeoides plants developed yellow mosaic symptoms similar to those observed in the field 18 DAI, thus fulfilling Koch's postulates. From these agro-infected C. scarabaeoides plants, CsYMV was transmissible to healthy C. scarabaeoides plants by B. tabaci. Apart from these hosts, CsYMV also infected and caused symptoms in mungbean and pigeon pea.
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- Narasimham Dokka
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Gautam S, Gadhave KR, Buck JW, Dutta B, Coolong T, Adkins S, Simmons AM, Srinivasan R. Effects of Host Plants and Their Infection Status on Acquisition and Inoculation of A Plant Virus by Its Hemipteran Vector. Pathogens 2023; 12:1119. [PMID: 37764927 PMCID: PMC10537197 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12091119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (B cryptic species), transmits cucurbit leaf crumple virus (CuLCrV) in a persistent fashion. CuLCrV affects several crops such as squash and snap bean in the southeastern United States. CuLCrV is often found as a mixed infection with whitefly transmitted criniviruses, such as cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) in hosts such as squash, or as a single infection in hosts such as snap bean. The implications of different host plants (inoculum sources) with varying infection status on CuLCrV transmission/epidemics is not clear. This study conducted a series of whitefly mediated CuLCrV transmission experiments. In the first experiment, three plants species: squash, snap bean, and tobacco were inoculated by whiteflies feeding on field-collected mixed-infected squash plants. In the second experiment, three plant species, namely squash, snap bean, and tobacco with varying infection status (squash infected with CuLCrV and CYSDV and snap bean and tobacco infected with CuLCrV), were used as inoculum sources. In the third experiment, squash plants with differential CuLCrV accumulation levels and infection status (either singly infected with CuLCrV or mixed infected with CuLCrV and CYSDV) were used as inoculum sources. Irrespective of plant species and its infection status, CuLCrV accumulation in whiteflies was dependent upon the CuLCrV accumulation in the inoculum source plants. Furthermore, differential CuLCrV accumulation in whiteflies resulted in differential transmission, CuLCrV accumulation, and disease phenotype in the recipient squash plants. Overall, results demonstrate that whitefly mediated CuLCrV transmission between host plants follows a virus density dependent phenomenon with implications for epidemics.
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- Saurabh Gautam
- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223, USA;
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 6500 W Amarillo Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment St., Griffin, GA 30223, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, 3250 Rainwater Road, Tifton, GA 31793, USA;
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, 1111 Miller Plant Sciences, 120 Carlton Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA;
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- USDA-ARS, U.S., Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL 34945, USA;
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- USDA-ARS, U.S., Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29414, USA;
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223, USA;
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Fortes IM, Fernández-Muñoz R, Moriones E. Crinivirus Tomato Chlorosis Virus Compromises the Control of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in Tomato Plants by the Ty-1 Gene. Phytopathology 2023; 113:1347-1359. [PMID: 36690608 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-09-22-0334-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) causes severe damage to tomato crops in warm regions of the world, and is associated with infections of several whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)-transmitted single-stranded (ss)DNA begomoviruses (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae). The most widespread begomovirus isolates associated with TYLCD are those of the type strain of the Tomato yellow leaf curl virus species, known as Israel (TYLCV-IL). The Ty-1 gene is widely used in commercial tomato cultivars to control TYLCV-IL damage, providing resistance to the virus by restricting viral accumulation and tolerance to TYLCD by inhibiting disease symptoms. However, several reports suggest that TYLCV-IL-like isolates are adapting to the Ty-1 gene and are causes of concern for possibly overcoming the provided control. This is the case with TYLCV-IL IS76-like recombinants that have a small genome fragment acquired by genetic exchange from an isolate of Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus, another begomovirus species associated with TYLCD. Here we show that TYLCV-IL IS76-like isolates partially break down the TYLCD-tolerance provided by the Ty-1 gene and that virulence differences might exist between isolates. Interestingly, we demonstrate that mixed infections with an isolate of the crinivirus (genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae) species Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV), an ssRNA virus also transmitted by B. tabaci and emerging worldwide in tomato crops, boosts the breakdown of the TYLCD-tolerance provided by the Ty-1 gene either with TYLCV-IL IS76-like or canonical TYLCV-IL isolates. Moreover, we demonstrate the incorporation of the Ty-2 gene in Ty-1-commercial tomatoes to restrict (no virus or virus traces, no symptoms) systemic infections of recombinant TYLCV-IL IS76-like and canonical TYLCV-IL isolates, even in the presence of ToCV infections, which provides more robust and durable control of TYLCD.
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- Isabel M Fortes
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental "La Mayora", E-29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental "La Mayora", E-29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental "La Mayora", E-29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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Srivastava A, Pandey V, Al-Sadi AM, Shahid MS, Gaur R. An Insight into Emerging Begomoviruses and their Satellite Complex causing Papaya Leaf Curl Disease. Curr Genomics 2023; 24:2-17. [PMID: 37920727 PMCID: PMC10334704 DOI: 10.2174/1389202924666230207111530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Papaya leaf curl disease (PaLCD) was primarily detected in India and causes major economic damage to agriculture crops grown globally, seriously threatening food security. Begomoviruses are communicated by the vector Bemisia tabaci, and their transmission efficiency and persistence in the vector are the highest, exhibiting the widest host range due to adaptation and evolution. Symptoms induced during PaLCD include leaf curl, leaf yellowing, interveinal chlorosis, and reduced fruit quality and yield. Consequently, plants have evolved several multi-layered defense mechanisms to resist Begomovirus infection and distribution. Subsequently, Begomovirus genomes organise circular ssDNA of size ~2.5-2.7 kb of overlapping viral transcripts and carry six-seven ORFs encoding multifunctional proteins, which are precisely evolved by the viruses to maintain the genome-constraint and develop complex but integrated interactions with a variety of host components to expand and facilitate successful infection cycles, i.e., suppression of host defense strategies. Geographical distribution is continuing to increase due to the advent and evolution of new Begomoviruses, and sweep to new regions is a future scenario. This review summarizes the current information on the biological functions of papaya-infecting Begomoviruses and their encoded proteins in transmission through vectors and modulating host-mediated responses, which may improve our understanding of how to challenge these significant plant viruses by revealing new information on the development of antiviral approaches against Begomoviruses associated with PaLCD.
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- Aarshi Srivastava
- Department of Biotechnology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Oman
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- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Oman
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- Department of Biotechnology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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Chang HH, Gustian D, Chang CJ, Jan FJ. Virus-virus interactions alter the mechanical transmissibility and host range of begomoviruses. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1092998. [PMID: 37332697 PMCID: PMC10275492 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1092998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Introduction Begomoviruses are mainly transmitted by whiteflies. However, a few begomoviruses can be transmitted mechanically. Mechanical transmissibility affects begomoviral distribution in the field. Materials and methods In this study, two mechanically transmissible begomoviruses, tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus-oriental melon isolate (ToLCNDV-OM) and tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus (TYLCTHV), and two nonmechanically transmissible begomoviruses, ToLCNDV-cucumber isolate (ToLCNDV-CB) and tomato leaf curl Taiwan virus (ToLCTV), were used to study the effects of virus-virus interactions on mechanical transmissibility. Results Nicotiana benthamiana and host plants were coinoculated through mechanical transmission with inoculants derived from plants that were mix-infected or inoculants derived from individually infected plants, and the inoculants were mixed immediately before inoculation. Our results showed that ToLCNDV-CB was mechanically transmitted with ToLCNDV-OM to N. benthamiana, cucumber, and oriental melon, whereas ToLCTV was mechanically transmitted with TYLCTHV to N. benthamiana and tomato. For crossing host range inoculation, ToLCNDV-CB was mechanically transmitted with TYLCTHV to N. benthamiana and its nonhost tomato, while ToLCTV with ToLCNDV-OM was transmitted to N. benthamiana and its nonhost oriental melon. For sequential inoculation, ToLCNDV-CB and ToLCTV were mechanically transmitted to N. benthamiana plants that were either preinfected with ToLCNDV-OM or TYLCTHV. The results of fluorescence resonance energy transfer analyses showed that the nuclear shuttle protein of ToLCNDV-CB (CBNSP) and the coat protein of ToLCTV (TWCP) localized alone to the nucleus. When coexpressed with movement proteins of ToLCNDV-OM or TYLCTHV, CBNSP and TWCP relocalized to both the nucleus and the cellular periphery and interacted with movement proteins. Discussion Our findings indicated that virus-virus interactions in mixed infection circumstances could complement the mechanical transmissibility of nonmechanically transmissible begomoviruses and alter their host range. These findings provide new insight into complex virus-virus interactions and will help us to understand the begomoviral distribution and to reevaluate disease management strategies in the field.
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- Ho-Hsiung Chang
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Advanced Plant and Food Crop Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Samaniego-Gámez BY, Valle-Gough RE, Garruña-Hernández R, Reyes-Ramírez A, Latournerie-Moreno L, Tun-Suárez JM, Villanueva-Alonzo HDJ, Nuñez-Ramírez F, Diaz LC, Samaniego-Gámez SU, Minero-García Y, Hernandez-Zepeda C, Moreno-Valenzuela OA. Induced Systemic Resistance in the Bacillus spp.- Capsicum chinense Jacq.-PepGMV Interaction, Elicited by Defense-Related Gene Expression. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:plants12112069. [PMID: 37299048 DOI: 10.3390/plants12112069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Induced systemic resistance (ISR) is a mechanism involved in the plant defense response against pathogens. Certain members of the Bacillus genus are able to promote the ISR by maintaining a healthy photosynthetic apparatus, which prepares the plant for future stress situations. The goal of the present study was to analyze the effect of the inoculation of Bacillus on the expression of genes involved in plant responses to pathogens, as a part of the ISR, during the interaction of Capsicum chinense infected with PepGMV. The effects of the inoculation of the Bacillus strains in pepper plants infected with PepGMV were evaluated by observing the accumulation of viral DNA and the visible symptoms of pepper plants during a time-course experiment in greenhouse and in in vitro experiments. The relative expression of the defense genes CcNPR1, CcPR10, and CcCOI1 were also evaluated. The results showed that the plants inoculated with Bacillus subtilis K47, Bacillus cereus K46, and Bacillus sp. M9 had a reduction in the PepGMV viral titer, and the symptoms in these plants were less severe compared to the plants infected with PepGMV and non-inoculated with Bacillus. Additionally, an increase in the transcript levels of CcNPR1, CcPR10, and CcCOI1 was observed in plants inoculated with Bacillus strains. Our results suggest that the inoculation of Bacillus strains interferes with the viral replication, through the increase in the transcription of pathogenesis-related genes, which is reflected in a lowered plant symptomatology and an improved yield in the greenhouse, regardless of PepGMV infection status.
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- Blancka Yesenia Samaniego-Gámez
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Delta Highway s/n Ejido Nuevo León, Mexicali P.O. Box 21705, Baja California, Mexico
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Delta Highway s/n Ejido Nuevo León, Mexicali P.O. Box 21705, Baja California, Mexico
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- CONACYT-National Technological Institute of Mexico, Technological Institute of Conkal, CONACYT, Tecnológico Ave. s/n, Conkal P.O. Box 97345, Yucatán, Mexico
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- National Technological Institute of Mexico, Conkal Institute of Technology, Division of Graduate Studies and Research, Av. Tecnológico s/n, Conkal P.O. Box 97345, Yucatán, Mexico
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- National Technological Institute of Mexico, Conkal Institute of Technology, Division of Graduate Studies and Research, Av. Tecnológico s/n, Conkal P.O. Box 97345, Yucatán, Mexico
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- National Technological Institute of Mexico, Conkal Institute of Technology, Division of Graduate Studies and Research, Av. Tecnológico s/n, Conkal P.O. Box 97345, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Regional Research Center "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi", Cell Biology Laboratory, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Av. Itzáez, Nmbr. 490 by 59 St. Centro, Merida P.O. Box 97000, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Delta Highway s/n Ejido Nuevo León, Mexicali P.O. Box 21705, Baja California, Mexico
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Delta Highway s/n Ejido Nuevo León, Mexicali P.O. Box 21705, Baja California, Mexico
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Delta Highway s/n Ejido Nuevo León, Mexicali P.O. Box 21705, Baja California, Mexico
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- Yucatan Center of Scientific Research, Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, 43 St., Nmbr. 130, Chuburna de Hidalgo, Merida P.O. Box 97200, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Yucatan Center of Scientific Research, Water Sciences Unit, 8 St., Nmbr. 39, SM 64, Mz. 29, Cancun P.O. Box 77500, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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- Yucatan Center of Scientific Research, Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, 43 St., Nmbr. 130, Chuburna de Hidalgo, Merida P.O. Box 97200, Yucatán, Mexico
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Wang D, Zhang X, Yin Y, Chen D, Ye J. First report of Ludwigia yellow vein Vietnam virus causing leaf curling on tobacco plants in Hainan province, China. Plant Dis 2023. [PMID: 37115566 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-23-0034-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Cigar tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) has been recently introduced into China for various industrial applications. From March 2022, certain symptoms of begomovirus infection, including leaf curling and thickening of veins, were sporadically (disease incidence was approximately 0.2%) observed in several cigar tobacco plantations in numerous counties in Hainan Province, China (Figure 1A). These typical symptoms of begomovirus infection were similar to those caused by the sida leaf curl virus-Hainan (SiLCV-HN) begomovirus and its associated betasatellite, as reported in our previous study on cigar tobacco plants in the same region (Wang et al. 2022). In order to determine whether these symptoms were caused by SiLCV-HN or other begomoviruses, samples of leaves were collected from the diseased tobacco plants for DNA extraction, and the total DNA was extracted for viral metagenomics using an Illumina Sequencing platform at Tiangen Biotech, Beijing. A total of 65711396 filtered reads were obtained, of which 65362322 (99.47%) reads matched to the genome of tobacco. The remaining unmapped 349074 (0.53%) reads were analyzed by BLASTn against the virus Refseq Database of GenBank and subsequently assembled. A total of 8 (5+2+1) enriched contigs of the complete sequence of ludwigia yellow vein Vietnam virus (LuYVVNV) and 9 (8+1) contigs of ludwigia yellow vein virus-associated DNA beta (LuYVB) were finally obtained (Table 1). LuYVVNV belongs to the Begomovirus genus that infects various weeds, including Ludwigia octovalvis and Impatiens balsamina. As far as we know, it was reported earliest on weed in Vietnam (Ha et al. 2008). GenBank contains data pertaining to previously identified isolates of LuYVVNV, and the data revealed that the virus was discovered in Vietnam and the Yunnan province of China currently. However, there are no reports on the infection of crops by LuYVVNV to date. The findings of the present study indicated that LuYVVNV and LuYVB could be responsible for the aforementioned symptoms observed on cigar tobacco. The complete genomes of LuYVVNV and LuYVB were amplified using primer pairs designed based on sequence assembly for viral metagenomics (Table 2). Indeed, two DNA bands with length 2763 bp of LuYVVNV genome and 1348 bp of LuYVB were amplified from leaf samples of diseased tobacco (Figure 1B). The products of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification were analyzed by Sanger sequencing, and the complete nucleotide sequences of LuYVVNV and its associated betasatellite were obtained. Analysis with the BLASTn tool of NCBI revealed that the genome sequence of LuYVVNV isolated from the Hainan province of China had the highest identity of 96.9% to a different isolate of LuYVVNV (GenBank accession number: MN210347.1). These two isolates belong to the same strain, according to the latest revision of Begomovirus taxonomy (Brown et al. 2015). The isolate of LuYVVNV identified in this study was designated as LuYVVNV, Hainan isolate (LuYVVNV-HN, GenBank accession number: OP948731). BLASTn analysis further revealed that the associated betasatellite had the highest sequence identity of 96.9% with an LuYVB (GenBank accession number: AJ965541.1) of a different viral isolate, according to the classification and nomenclature of DNA betasatellites of begomoviruses (Briddon et al. 2008). The sequence of LuYVB obtained herein was therefore designated as LuYVB, Hainan isolate (LuYVB-HN, GenBank accession number: OP948732). The pathogenicity of LuYVVNV-HN and LuYVB-HN was determined using infectious clones that were constructed by ligating two fragments of LuYVVNV-HN or LuYVB-HN to a binary pCAMBIA1300 expression vector, as previously described (Wang et al. 2019). Infectious clones of LuYVVNV-HN, LuYVB-HN, and LuYVVNV-HN plus LuYVB-HN were separately agroinfiltrated into N. benthamiana for determining viral pathogenicity. The typical symptoms of begomovirus infection were observed in N. benthamiana plants inoculated with LuYVVNV-HN alone or LuYVVNV-HN plus LuYVB-HN, and the emerging leaves were mildly or severely down-curled, respectively, at 7 days post inoculation (dpi), with 100% disease incidence (6/6) (Figure 1C). Positive PCR products of the AV1 gene of LuYVVNV-HN were obtained from N. benthamiana plants inoculated with LuYVVNV-HN alone or LuYVVNV-HN plus LuYVB-HN. The βC1 gene of LuYVB-HN was only obtained from N. benthamiana plants co-infected with LuYVVNV-HN and LuYVB-HN (Figure 1D). No symptoms of viral infection were observed in plants individually inoculated with LuYVB-HN, and the results of PCR were negative (Figure 1C and 1D). These findings indicated that the N. benthamiana plants had been successfully inoculated with LuYVVNV-HN, and that LuYVB-HN was incapable of causing infections on its own, but functioned as a helper and enhanced viral pathogenicity. This report is the first to identify isolates of LuYVVNV and LuYVB from cigar tobacco, which is an economically important crop plant. The findings provide insights into the epidemic threat of begomovirus reservoirs in weeds to crop plants, and emphasize the need for monitoring and controlling whitefly-transmitted viral diseases in tobacco plantations worldwide (Ye et al. 2021).
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- Duan Wang
- Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 85387, A419, Chaoyang District, DaTun road, Beijing, China, 100101
- 1142, Chaoyang District, DaTun road, Beijing, 100101;
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- Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 85387, Beijing, Beijing, China;
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- Haikou Cigar Research Institute,Hainan Provincial Branch of CNTC, Haikou, Hainan, China;
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, NO.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, 100101;
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Favara GM, de Oliveira FF, Chinelato GA, Bergamin Filho A, Rezende JAM. Characterization of Soybean, Tomato, and Nicandra physalodes as Sources of Inoculum of Tomato Severe Rugose Virus to Tomato Crops. Plant Dis 2023; 107:1087-1095. [PMID: 36096104 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-21-2160-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV) is one of Brazil's main begomoviruses infecting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Recent studies indicate that soybean (Glycine max) crops harboring the whitefly Bemisia tabaci Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) may have epidemiological significance by acting as an asymptomatic amplifier host for the virus. In this study, we gathered experimental greenhouse and field evidence of the role of soybean in the epidemiology of the disease caused by ToSRV. Tomato and Nicandra physalodes, known as good sources of inoculum of this begomovirus, were used as references. The infection rates of soybean, tomato, and N. physalodes with ToSRV in greenhouse no-choice transmission tests with B. tabaci MEAM1 were 50, 71.4, and 64.2%, respectively. The transmission efficiencies of ToSRV to tomato when B. tabaci MEAM1 acquired the virus in ToSRV-infected soybean, tomato, and N. physalodes were 43, 33, and 20%, respectively. Leaves of ToSRV-infected soybean, tomato, and N. physalodes used as sources of inoculum had similar virus titers. In the host preference assay, viruliferous whiteflies preferred to land on tomato rather than soybean and N. physalodes, whereas aviruliferous whiteflies landed indistinctly on these plants. Under experimental field conditions, the transmission efficiency of ToSRV to tomato was higher when tomato was used as a source of inoculum, followed by N. physalodes and soybean. Considering that soybean is extensively cultivated in several Brazilian states that also grow tomato, it can serve as an efficient asymptomatic source of inoculum and support the recent hypothesis that it can also play, under certain conditions, a relevant role as an amplifier host in the epidemiology of the disease caused by ToSRV.
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- Gabriel Madoglio Favara
- Department of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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Ashraf MA, Ali B, Brown JK, Shahid I, Yu N. In Silico Identification of Cassava Genome-Encoded MicroRNAs with Predicted Potential for Targeting the ICMV-Kerala Begomoviral Pathogen of Cassava. Viruses 2023; 15. [PMID: 36851701 DOI: 10.3390/v15020486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is caused by several divergent species belonging to the genus Begomovirus (Geminiviridae) transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci cryptic species group. In India and other parts of Asia, the Indian cassava mosaic virus-Kerala (ICMV-Ker) is an emergent begomovirus of cassava causing damage that results in reduced yield loss and tuber quality. Double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is an evolutionary conserved mechanism in eukaryotes and highly effective, innate defense system to inhibit plant viral replication and/or translation. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize cassava genome-encoded microRNAs (mes-miRNA) that are predicted to target ICMV-Ker ssDNA-encoded mRNAs, based on four in silico algorithms: miRanda, RNA22, Tapirhybrid, and psRNA. The goal is to deploy the predicted miRNAs to trigger RNAi and develop cassava plants with resistance to ICMV-Ker. Experimentally validated mature cassava miRNA sequences (n = 175) were downloaded from the miRBase biological database and aligned with the ICMV-Ker genome. The miRNAs were evaluated for base-pairing with the cassava miRNA seed regions and to complementary binding sites within target viral mRNAs. Among the 175 locus-derived mes-miRNAs evaluated, one cassava miRNA homolog, mes-miR1446a, was identified to have a predicted miRNA target binding site, at position 2053 of the ICMV-Ker genome. To predict whether the cassava miRNA might bind predicted ICMV-Ker mRNA target(s) that could disrupt viral infection of cassava plants, a cassava locus-derived miRNA-mRNA regulatory network was constructed using Circos software. The in silico-predicted cassava locus-derived mes-miRNA-mRNA network corroborated interactions between cassava mature miRNAs and the ICMV-Ker genome that warrant in vivo analysis, which could lead to the development of ICMV-Ker resistant cassava plants.
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Fortes IM, Pérez-Padilla V, Romero-Rodríguez B, Fernández-Muñoz R, Moyano C, Castillo AG, De León L, Moriones E. Begomovirus Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus Is Seedborne but Not Seed Transmitted in Melon. Plant Dis 2023; 107:473-479. [PMID: 35771117 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-21-1930-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Seed transmission can be of considerable relevance to the dissemination of plant viruses in nature and for their prevalence and perpetuation. Long-distance spread of isolates of the begomovirus species Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) has recently occurred from Asia to the Middle East and the Mediterranean Basin. Here, we investigated the possible transmission by melon (Cucumis melo L.) seeds of a tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) isolate of the "Spain" strain widely distributed in the Mediterranean area as an alternative mechanism for long-distance spread. PCR amplification detection of ToLCNDV in floral parts and mature seeds of melon plants reveals that this virus is seedborne. "Seedborne" is defined as the ability of a virus to be carried through seeds, which does not necessarily lead to transmission to the next generation. Treatment with a chemical disinfectant significantly reduced the detectable virus associated with melon seeds, suggesting ToLCNDV contamination of the external portion of the seed coat. Also, when the internal fraction of the mature seed (seed cotyledons + embryo) was analyzed by quantitative PCR amplification, ToLCNDV was detectable at low levels, suggesting the potential for viral contamination or infection of the internal portions of seed. However, grow-out studies conducted with melon progeny plants germinated from mature seeds collected from ToLCNDV-infected plants and evaluated at early (1-leaf) or at late (20-leaf) growth stages did not support the transmission of ToLCNDV from seeds to offspring.
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- Isabel M Fortes
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental "La Mayora", E-29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Ctra. de La Coruña, km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- IHSM, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, E-29071, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental "La Mayora", E-29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Ctra. de La Coruña, km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- IHSM, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, E-29071, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Ctra. de La Coruña, km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental "La Mayora", E-29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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Lestari SM, Hidayat SH, Hidayat P, Kil EJ, Lee S, Kim SM, Lee KY. Identification of begomoviruses associated with the insect vector Bemisia tabaci and various host plants on Java Island, Indonesia. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 2023; 112:e21984. [PMID: 36397643 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Begomoviruses are economically important plant viruses and are transmitted by Bemisia tabaci which is a complex of various cryptic species. However, it is uncertain whether most begomoviruses that infect host plants are transmitted by B. tabaci at a similar rate. We compared the begomovirus profiles that were detected in a total of 37 whitefly populations and 52 host plants on Java Island, Indonesia. Seven begomovirus species were detected in B. tabaci at different rates: pepper yellow leaf curl Indonesia virus (PepYLCIV, 56.8%), tomato yellow leaf curl Kanchanaburi virus (TYLCKaV, 46.0%), tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV, 21.6%), squash leaf curl China virus (SLCCNV, 21.6%), ageratum yellow vein China virus (AYVCNV, 2.7%), mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV, 2.7%), and okra enation leaf curl virus (OELCuV, 2.7%). The begomoviruses were detected at different rates in three cryptic species of B. tabaci. In addition, six begomovirus species were detected in the various host plants at different rates: PepYLCIV (67.3%), TYLCKaV (53.9%), ToLCNDV (13.5%), MYMIV (11.5%), AYVCNV (3.9%), and Tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus (TYLCTHV) (1.9%). By comparing the virus presence between whiteflies and plants, five begomoviruses (AYVCNV, MYMIV, PepYLCIV, ToLCNDV, and TYLCKaV) were detected in both samples, but their sequence similarity was highly variable depending on the begomovirus themselves; TYLCKaV was highest (99.4%-100%) than any other viruses. Our study suggests B. tabaci acquire begomoviruses at different rates from plants. This study provides important information on the potential variation in the begomovirus transmission mechanism.
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- Susanti M Lestari
- Division of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Korea
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- Division of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
- Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
- Quantum Bio Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Gunwi, Korea
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Naganur P, Shankarappa KS, Mesta RK, Rao CD, Venkataravanappa V, Maruthi MN, Reddy LRCN. Detecting Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus Causing Ridge Gourd Yellow Mosaic Disease, and Other Begomoviruses by Antibody-Based Methods. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:490. [PMID: 36771575 PMCID: PMC9919216 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The incidence and severity of begomovirus diseases have been increasing around the world recently, and the ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (Roxb.) L.] is the latest example of a crop that has become highly susceptible to the outbreak of the tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV, genus Begomovirus) in India. Accurate diagnosis of causal agents is important in designing disease management strategies. In this study the coat protein (CP) gene from a ToLCNDV-Rg ridge gourd isolate was used to produce polyclonal antibodies (ToLCNDV-Rg-CP-PAb) in a rabbit. The antibodies successfully detected a 30.5 kDa ToLCNDV-Rg-CP in extracts of symptomatic ridge gourd leaf samples by several assays, such as Western Blotting (WB), Dot Immuno Binding Assay (DIBA), Direct Antigen Coating Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (DAC-ELISA), Immuno Capture Polymerase Chain Reaction (IC-PCR), and Immuno Capture Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (IC-LAMP) assays. However, none of the negative samples tested positive in either of the detection methods. Among all the methods tested, the immunocapture assay, IC-LAMP, was the most sensitive in detecting ToLCNDV-Rg. Furthermore, antibodies generated in this study also detected other commonly occurring begomoviruses in South India, such as tomato leaf curl Palampur virus and squash leaf curl China virus in cucurbits. Together, ToLCNDV-Rg-CP-PAb can be used for detecting at least three species of begomoviruses infecting cucurbits. The obtained antibodies will contribute to monitoring disease outbreaks in multiple crops.
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- Priya Naganur
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 587101, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 587101, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biology, SRM University, Mangalagiri Mandal, Neerukonda, Amaravati 522502, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake PO, Bengaluru 560089, Karnataka, India
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- Agriculture, Health and Environment Department, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
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Mastrochirico M, Spanò R, Mascia T. Grafting to Manage Infections of the Emerging Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus in Cucurbits. Plants (Basel) 2022; 12:37. [PMID: 36616164 PMCID: PMC9824083 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is an emerging begomovirus (Geminiviridae family) listed in the EPPO Alert List 2, present in the Mediterranean area and in Italy, where it was reported in 2015 in Sicilian courgette. The virus is widespread in cucurbits where it causes up to 100% production losses. In 2018, ToLCNDV was isolated in Apulia (southern Italy) in commercial fields of zucchini squash and since then its recurrent outbreaks generated justified concern among growers. Thus, a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach must be adopted. Genetic resistances have been identified in Cucurbita moschata and Luffa cylindrica but, compared to genetic resistance, grafting could provide a faster and more flexible solution because the graft wounding induces tolerance rather than resistance against airborne virus infection. Compared to tolerance, the up-regulation of resistance genes requires energy resources mobilized at the expense of primary metabolism, plant growth, and development. Results of screening among twenty-one local cucurbit cvs. ecotypes and accessions to evaluate tolerance levels against rub-inoculation of ToLCNDV led to the identification of potential rootstocks to attain suitable levels of tolerance against the virus in commercial cucurbit varieties. Cucurbit plants were challenged by a ToLCNDV isolated in Apulia denoted ToLCNDV-Le and evaluated for disease symptoms development and viral DNA accumulation up to 28 days after inoculation. On the basis of disease symptoms developed, plants were classified as tolerant, moderately tolerant, moderately susceptible, and susceptible. Cucumis melo cv. Barattiere did not show any detectable disease symptoms and very low levels of viral DNA accumulation was recorded; thus, it was used as rootstock for some of the remaining cucurbit genotypes that were used as scions. The tolerance trait was transmitted to the otherwise susceptible and moderately susceptible cucurbit genotypes grafted onto the cv. Barattiere. The results of this study suggest practical implications of the approach described.
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AlHudaib KA, Almaghasla MI, El-Ganainy SM, Arshad M, Drou N, Sattar MN. High-Throughput Sequencing Identified Distinct Bipartite and Monopartite Begomovirus Variants Associated with DNA-Satellites from Tomato and Muskmelon Plants in Saudi Arabia. Plants (Basel) 2022; 12:6. [PMID: 36616136 PMCID: PMC9824426 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The studies on the prevalence and genetic diversity of begomoviruses in Saudi Arabia are minimal. In this study, field-grown symptomatic tomato and muskmelon plants were collected, and initially, begomovirus infection was confirmed by the core coat protein sequences. Four tomato and two muskmelon plants with viral infections were further evaluated for Illumina MiSeq sequencing, and twelve sequences (2.7-2.8 kb) equivalent to the full-length DNA-A or DNA-B components of begomoviruses were obtained along with eight sequences (~1.3-1.4 kb) equivalent to the begomovirus-associated DNA-satellite components. Four begomovirus sequences obtained from tomato plants were variants of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) with nt sequence identities of 95.3-100%. Additionally, two tomato plants showed a mixed infection of TYLCV and cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (CLCuGeV), okra yellow crinkle Cameroon alphasatellite (OYCrCMA), and okra leaf curl Oman betasatellite (OLCuOMB). Meanwhile, from muskmelon plants, two sequences were closely related (99-99.6%) to the tomato leaf curl Palampur virus (ToLCPalV) DNA-A, whereas two other sequences showed 97.9-100% sequence identities to DNA-B of ToLCPalV, respectively. Complete genome sequences of CLCuGeV and associated DNA-satellites were also obtained from these muskmelon plants. The nt sequence identities of the CLCuGeV, OYCrCMA, and OLCuOMB isolates obtained were 98.3-100%, 99.5-100%, and 95.6-99.7% with their respective available variants. The recombination was only detected in TYLCV and OLCuOMB isolates. To our knowledge, this is the first identification of a mixed infection of bipartite and monopartite begomoviruses associated with DNA-satellites from tomato and muskmelon in Saudi Arabia. The begomovirus variants reported in this study were clustered with Iranian isolates of respective begomovirus components in the phylogenetic dendrogram. Thus, the Iranian agroecological route can be a possible introduction of these begomoviruses and/or their associated DNA-satellites into Saudi Arabia.
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- Khalid A. AlHudaib
- Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 420, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
- Pests and Plant Diseases Unit, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 420, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 420, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
- Pests and Plant Diseases Unit, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 420, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 420, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
- Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Bioinformatics Core, Center for Genomics & Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 129188, United Arab Emirates
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- Bioinformatics Core, Center for Genomics & Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 129188, United Arab Emirates
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- Central Laboratories, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 420, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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Farooq T, Lin Q, She X, Chen T, Li Z, Yu L, Lan G, Tang Y, He Z. Cotton leaf curl Multan virus differentially regulates innate antiviral immunity of whitefly ( Bemisia tabaci) vector to promote cryptic species-dependent virus acquisition. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:1040547. [PMID: 36452094 PMCID: PMC9702342 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1040547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Begomoviruses represent the largest group of economically important, highly pathogenic, DNA plant viruses that contribute a substantial amount of global crop disease burden. The exclusive transmission of begomoviruses by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) requires them to interact and efficiently manipulate host responses at physiological, biological and molecular scales. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying complex begomovirus-whitefly interactions that consequently substantiate efficient virus transmission largely remain unknown. Previously, we found that whitefly Asia II 7 cryptic species can efficiently transmit cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV) while MEAM1 cryptic species is a poor carrier and incompetent vector of CLCuMuV. To investigate the potential mechanism/s that facilitate the higher acquisition of CLCuMuV by its whitefly vector (Asia II 7) and to identify novel whitefly proteins that putatively interact with CLCuMuV-AV1 (coat protein), we employed yeast two-hybrid system, bioinformatics, bimolecular fluorescence complementation, RNA interference, RT-qPCR and bioassays. We identified a total of 21 Asia II 7 proteins putatively interacting with CLCuMuV-AV1. Further analyses by molecular docking, Y2H and BiFC experiments validated the interaction between a whitefly innate immunity-related protein (BTB/POZ) and viral AV1 (coat protein). Gene transcription analysis showed that the viral infection significantly suppressed the transcription of BTB/POZ and enhanced the accumulation of CLCuMuV in Asia II 7, but not in MEAM1 cryptic species. In contrast to MEAM1, the targeted knock-down of BTB/POZ substantially reduced the ability of Asia II 7 to acquire and accumulate CLCuMuV. Additionally, antiviral immune signaling pathways (Toll, Imd, Jnk and Jak/STAT) were significantly suppressed following viral infection of Asia II 7 whiteflies. Taken together, the begomovirus CLCuMuV potentiates efficient virus accumulation in its vector B. tabaci Asia II 7 by targeting and suppressing the transcription of an innate immunity-related BTB/POZ gene and other antiviral immune responses in a cryptic species-specific manner.
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- *Correspondence: Yafei Tang, ; Zifu He,
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Reyes-Proaño E, Alvarez-Quinto R, Delgado-Jiménez JA, Cornejo-Franco JF, Mollov D, Bejerman N, Quito-Avila DF. Genome Characterization and Pathogenicity of Two New Hyptis pectinata Viruses Transmitted by Distinct Insect Vectors. Phytopathology 2022; 112:2440-2448. [PMID: 35694887 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-04-22-0130-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Two newly described viruses belonging to distinct families, Rhabdoviridae and Geminiviridae, were discovered co-infecting Hyptis pectinata from a tropical dry forest of Ecuador. The negative-sense RNA genome of the rhabdovirus, tentatively named Hyptis latent virus (HpLV), comprises 13,765 nucleotides with seven open reading frames separated by the conserved intergenic region 3'-AAUUAUUUUGAU-5'. Sequence analyses showed identities as high as 56% for the polymerase and 38% for the nucleocapsid to members of the genus Cytorhabdovirus. Efficient transmission of HpLV was mediated by the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) in a persistent replicative manner. The single-stranded DNA genome of the virus tentatively named Hyptis golden mosaic virus (HpGMV) shared homology with members of the genus Begomovirus with bipartite genomes. The DNA-A component consists of 2,716 nucleotides (nt), whereas the DNA-B component contains 2,666 nt. Pairwise alignments using the complete genomic sequence of DNA-A of HpGMV and closest relatives showed identities below the cutoff (<91% shared nt) established by the ICTV as species demarcation, indicating that HpGMV should be classified in a distinct begomovirus species. Transmission experiments confirmed that the whitefly Bemisia tabaci Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) is a vector of HpGMV.
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- Edison Reyes-Proaño
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
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- USDA-ARS, Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
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- Instituto de Patología Vegetal, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (IPAVE-CIAP-INTA), Camino 60 Cuadras Km 5.5, Córdoba X5020ICA, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola, Camino 60 Cuadras Km 5.5, Córdoba X5020ICA, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
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Wang YM, He YZ, Ye XT, Guo T, Pan LL, Liu SS, Ng JCK, Wang XW. A balance between vector survival and virus transmission is achieved through JAK/STAT signaling inhibition by a plant virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2122099119. [PMID: 36191206 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2122099119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Viruses pose a great threat to animal and plant health worldwide, with many being dependent on insect vectors for transmission between hosts. While the virus-host arms race has been well established, how viruses and insect vectors adapt to each other remains poorly understood. Begomoviruses comprise the largest genus of plant-infecting DNA viruses and are exclusively transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Here, we show that the vector Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway plays an important role in mediating the adaptation between the begomovirus tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and whiteflies. We found that the JAK/STAT pathway in B. tabaci functions as an antiviral mechanism against TYLCV infection in whiteflies as evidenced by the increase in viral DNA and coat protein (CP) levels after inhibiting JAK/STAT signaling. Two STAT-activated effector genes, BtCD109-2 and BtCD109-3, mediate this anti-TYLCV activity. To counteract this vector immunity, TYLCV has evolved strategies that impair the whitefly JAK/STAT pathway. Infection of TYLCV is associated with a reduction of JAK/STAT pathway activity in whiteflies. Moreover, TYLCV CP binds to STAT and blocks its nuclear translocation, thus, abrogating the STAT-dependent transactivation of target genes. We further show that inhibition of the whitefly JAK/STAT pathway facilitates TYLCV transmission but reduces whitefly survival and fecundity, indicating that this JAK/STAT-dependent TYLCV-whitefly interaction plays an important role in keeping a balance between whitefly fitness and TYLCV transmission. This study reveals a mechanism of plant virus-insect vector coadaptation in relation to vector survival and virus transmission.
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Lal A, Kil EJ, Vo TTB, Wira Sanjaya IGNP, Qureshi MA, Nattanong B, Ali M, Shuja MN, Lee S. Interspecies Recombination-Led Speciation of a Novel Geminivirus in Pakistan. Viruses 2022; 14:v14102166. [PMID: 36298721 PMCID: PMC9612148 DOI: 10.3390/v14102166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Recombination between isolates of different virus species has been known to be one of the sources of speciation. Weeds serve as mixing vessels for begomoviruses, infecting a wide range of economically important plants, thereby facilitating recombination. Chenopodium album is an economically important weed spread worldwide. Here, we present the molecular characterization of a novel recombinant begomovirus identified from C. album in Lahore, Pakistan. The complete DNA- A genome of the virus associated with the leaf distortion occurred in the infected C. album plants was cloned and sequenced. DNA sequence analysis showed that the nucleotide sequence of the virus shared 93% identity with those of the rose leaf curl virus and the duranta leaf curl virus. Interestingly, this newly identified virus is composed of open reading frames (ORFs) from different origins. Phylogenetic networks and complementary recombination detection methods revealed extensive recombination among the sequences. The infectious clone of the newly detected virus was found to be fully infectious in C. album and Nicotiana benthamiana as the viral DNA was successfully reconstituted from systemically infected tissues of inoculated plants, thus fulfilling Koch's postulates. Our study reveals a new speciation of an emergent ssDNA plant virus associated with C. album through recombination and therefore, proposed the tentative name 'Chenopodium leaf distortion virus' (CLDV).
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- Aamir Lal
- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
- Department of Plant Medicals, College of Life Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Korea
- Agricultural Science and Technology Research Institute, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Korea
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- Department of Plant Medicals, College of Life Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore 54770, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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Souza JO, Melgarejo TA, Vu S, Nakasu EYT, Chen LF, Rojas MR, Zerbini FM, Inoue-Nagata AK, Gilbertson RL. How To Be a Successful Monopartite Begomovirus in a Bipartite-Dominated World: Emergence and Spread of Tomato Mottle Leaf Curl Virus in Brazil. J Virol 2022; 96:e0072522. [PMID: 36043875 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00725-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Begomoviruses are members of the family Geminiviridae, a large and diverse group of plant viruses characterized by a small circular single-stranded DNA genome encapsidated in twinned quasi-icosahedral virions. Cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is particularly susceptible and is infected by >100 bipartite and monopartite begomoviruses worldwide. In Brazil, 25 tomato-infecting begomoviruses have been described, most of which are bipartite. Tomato mottle leaf curl virus (ToMoLCV) is one of the most important of these and was first described in the late 1990s but has not been fully characterized. Here, we show that ToMoLCV is a monopartite begomovirus with a genomic DNA similar in size and genome organization to those of DNA-A components of New World (NW) begomoviruses. Tomato plants agroinoculated with the cloned ToMoLCV genomic DNA developed typical tomato mottle leaf curl disease symptoms, thereby fulfilling Koch's postulates and confirming the monopartite nature of the ToMoLCV genome. We further show that ToMoLCV is transmitted by whiteflies, but not mechanically. Phylogenetic analyses placed ToMoLCV in a distinct and strongly supported clade with other begomoviruses from northeastern Brazil, designated the ToMoLCV lineage. Genetic analyses of the complete sequences of 87 ToMoLCV isolates revealed substantial genetic diversity, including five strain groups and seven subpopulations, consistent with a long evolutionary history. Phylogeographic models generated with partial or complete sequences predicted that the ToMoLCV emerged in northeastern Brazil >700 years ago, diversifying locally and then spreading widely in the country. Thus, ToMoLCV emerged well before the introduction of MEAM1 whiteflies, suggesting that the evolution of NW monopartite begomoviruses was facilitated by local whitefly populations and the highly susceptible tomato host. IMPORTANCE Worldwide, diseases of tomato caused by whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses (begomoviruses) cause substantial economic losses and a reliance on insecticides for management. Here, we describe the molecular and biological properties of tomato mottle leaf curl virus (ToMoLCV) from Brazil and establish that it is a NW monopartite begomovirus indigenous to northeastern Brazil. This answered a long-standing question regarding the genome of this virus, and it is part of an emerging group of these viruses in Latin America. This appears to be driven by widespread planting of the highly susceptible tomato and by local and exotic whiteflies. Our extensive phylogenetic studies placed ToMoLCV in a distinct strongly supported clade with other begomoviruses from northeastern Brazil and revealed new insights into the origin of Brazilian begomoviruses. The novel phylogeographic analysis indicated that ToMoLCV has had a long evolutionary history, emerging in northeastern Brazil >700 years ago. Finally, the tools used here (agroinoculation system and ToMoLCV-specific PCR test) and information on the biology of the virus (host range and whitefly transmission) will be useful in developing and implementing integrated pest management (IPM) programs targeting ToMoLCV.
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Gupta N, Reddy K, Gnanasekaran P, Zhai Y, Chakraborty S, Pappu HR. Functional characterization of a new ORF βV1 encoded by radish leaf curl betasatellite. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:972386. [PMID: 36212370 PMCID: PMC9546537 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.972386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses infect and damage a wide range of food, feed, and fiber crops worldwide. Some of these viruses are associated with betasatellite molecules that are known to enhance viral pathogenesis. In this study, we investigated the function of a novel βV1 protein encoded by radish leaf curl betasatellite (RaLCB) by overexpressing the protein using potato virus X (PVX)-based virus vector in Nicotiana benthamiana. βV1 protein induced lesions on leaves, suggestive of hypersensitive response (HR), indicating cell death. The HR reaction induced by βV1 protein was accompanied by an increased accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), free radicals, and HR-related transcripts. Subcellular localization through confocal microscopy revealed that βV1 protein localizes to the cellular periphery. βV1 was also found to interact with replication enhancer protein (AC3) of helper virus in the nucleus. The current findings suggest that βV1 functions as a protein elicitor and a pathogenicity determinant.
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- Neha Gupta
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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Shingote PR, Wasule DL, Parma VS, Holkar SK, Karkute SG, Parlawar ND, Senanayake DMJB. An Overview of Chili Leaf Curl Disease: Molecular Mechanisms, Impact, Challenges, and Disease Management Strategies in Indian Subcontinent. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:899512. [PMID: 35847087 PMCID: PMC9277185 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.899512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Leaf curl disease in a chili plant is caused mainly by Chili leaf curl virus (ChiLCV) (Family: Geminiviridae, Genus: Begomovirus). ChiLCV shows a widespread occurrence in most of the chili (Capsicum spp.) growing regions. ChiLCV has a limited host range and infects tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), potatoes (S. tuberosum), and amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor). The virus genome is a monopartite circular single-stranded DNA molecule of 2.7 kb and associated with α and β-satellites of 1.3 and 1.4 kb, respectively. The virus genome is encapsulated in distinct twinned icosahedral particles of around 18-30 nm in size and transmitted by Bemisia tabaci (Family: Aleyrodidae, Order: Hemiptera). Recently, bipartite begomovirus has been found to be associated with leaf curl disease. The leaf curl disease has a widespread distribution in the major equatorial regions viz., Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and America. Besides the PCR, qPCR, and LAMP-based detection systems, recently, localized surface-plasmon-resonance (LPSR) based optical platform is used for ChiLCV detection in a 20-40 μl of sample volume using aluminum nanoparticles. Management of ChiLCV is more challenging due to the vector-borne nature of the virus, therefore integrated disease management strategies need to be followed to contain the spread and heavy crop loss. CRISPR/Cas-mediated virus resistance has gained importance in disease management of DNA and RNA viruses due to certain advantages over the conventional approaches. Therefore, CRISPR/Cas system-mediated resistance needs to be explored in chili against ChiLCV.
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- Prashant Raghunath Shingote
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Veedyapeeth, Akola, India.,Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Vasantrao Naik College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Yavatmal, India
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Veedyapeeth, Akola, India
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Veedyapeeth, Akola, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, India
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- Division of Vegetable Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Veedyapeeth, Akola, India
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- Deparment of Agriculture, Rice Research and Development Institute, Bathalagoda, Sri Lanka
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Chang H, Lee C, Chang C, Jan F. FKBP-type peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase interacts with the movement protein of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus and impacts viral replication in Nicotiana benthamiana. Mol Plant Pathol 2022; 23:561-575. [PMID: 34984809 PMCID: PMC8916215 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Begomoviruses belonging to the family Geminiviridae are plant-infecting DNA viruses. Begomoviral movement protein (MP) has been reported to be required for virus movement, host range determination, and symptom development. In the present study, the FK506-binding protein (FKBP)-type peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (NbFKPPIase) of Nicotiana benthamiana was identified by a yeast two-hybrid screening system using the MP of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) oriental melon (OM) isolate (MPOM ) as bait. Transient silencing of the gene encoding NbFKPPIase increased replication of three test begomoviruses, and transient overexpression decreased viral replication, indicating that NbFKPPIase plays a role in defence against begomoviruses. However, infection of N. benthamiana by ToLCNDV-OM or overexpression of the gene encoding MPOM drastically reduced the expression of the gene encoding NbFKPPIase. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer analysis revealed that MPOM interacted with NbFKPPIase in the periphery of cells. Expression of the gene encoding NbFKPPIase was induced by salicylic acid but not by methyl jasmonate or ethylene. Moreover, the expression of the gene encoding NbFKPPIase was down-regulated in response to 6-benzylaminopurine and up-regulated in response to gibberellin or indole-3-acetic acid, suggesting a role of NbFKPPIase in plant development. Transcriptome analysis and comparison of N. benthamiana transient silencing and overexpression of the gene encoding MPOM led to the identification of several differentially expressed genes whose functions are probably associated with cell cycle regulation. Our results indicate that begomoviruses could suppress NbFKPPIase-mediated defence and biological functions by transcriptional inhibition and physical interaction between MP and NbFKPPIase to facilitate infection.
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- Ho‐Hsiung Chang
- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
- Ph.D. Program in Microbial GenomicsNational Chung Hsing University and Academia SinicaTaichung and TaipeiTaiwan
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
- Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of GeorgiaGriffinGeorgiaUSA
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
- Ph.D. Program in Microbial GenomicsNational Chung Hsing University and Academia SinicaTaichung and TaipeiTaiwan
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology CenterNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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Mishra R, Shteinberg M, Shkolnik D, Anfoka G, Czosnek H, Gorovits R. Interplay between abiotic (drought) and biotic (virus) stresses in tomato plants. Mol Plant Pathol 2022; 23:475-488. [PMID: 34970822 PMCID: PMC8916204 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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With climate warming, drought becomes a vital challenge for agriculture. Extended drought periods affect plant-pathogen interactions. We demonstrate an interplay in tomato between drought and infection with tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV). Infected plants became more tolerant to drought, showing plant readiness to water scarcity by reducing metabolic activity in leaves and increasing it in roots. Reallocation of osmolytes, such as carbohydrates and amino acids, from shoots to roots suggested a role of roots in protecting infected tomatoes against drought. To avoid an acute response possibly lethal for the host organism, TYLCV down-regulated the drought-induced activation of stress response proteins and metabolites. Simultaneously, TYLCV promoted the stabilization of osmoprotectants' patterns and water balance parameters, resulting in the development of buffering conditions in infected plants subjected to prolonged stress. Drought-dependent decline of TYLCV amounts was correlated with HSFA1-controlled activation of autophagy, mostly in the roots. The tomato response to combined drought and TYLCV infection points to a mutual interaction between the plant host and its viral pathogen.
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- Ritesh Mishra
- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in AgricultureRobert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentThe Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovotIsrael
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in AgricultureRobert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentThe Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovotIsrael
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in AgricultureRobert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentThe Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovotIsrael
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- Faculty of Agricultural TechnologyAl Balqa' UniversityAl‐SaltJordan
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in AgricultureRobert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentThe Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovotIsrael
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in AgricultureRobert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentThe Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovotIsrael
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Vo TTB, Lal A, Ho PT, Troiano E, Parrella G, Kil EJ, Lee S. Different Infectivity of Mediterranean and Southern Asian Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus Isolates in Cucurbit Crops. Plants (Basel) 2022; 11:704. [PMID: 35270174 PMCID: PMC8912351 DOI: 10.3390/plants11050704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) became an alerting virus in Europe from 2017 to 2020 because of its significant damage to Cucurbitaceae cultivation. Until now, just some cucurbit crops including sponge gourd, melon, pumpkin, and cucumber were reported to be resistant to ToLCNDV, but no commercial cultivars are available. In this study, a new isolate of ToLCNDV was identified in Pakistan and analyzed together with ToLCNDV-ES which was previously isolated in Italy. Furthermore, infectious clones of two ToLCNDV isolates were constructed and agroinoculated into different cucurbit crops to verify their infectivity. Results showed that both isolates exhibited severe infection on all tested cucurbit (>70%) except watermelon. Thus, those cultivars may be good candidates in the first step of screening genetic resources for resistance on both Southeast Asian and Mediterranean ToLCNDV isolates. Additional, comparison pathogenicity of different geographical ToLCNDV isolates will be aided to understand viral characterization as such knowledge could facilitate breeding resistance to this virus.
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- Thuy T. B. Vo
- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (T.T.B.V.); (A.L.); (P.T.H.)
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (T.T.B.V.); (A.L.); (P.T.H.)
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (T.T.B.V.); (A.L.); (P.T.H.)
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection of the National Research Council (IPSP-CNR), 80055 Portici, Italy;
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection of the National Research Council (IPSP-CNR), 80055 Portici, Italy;
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (T.T.B.V.); (A.L.); (P.T.H.)
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Chakraborty P, Ghosh A. Topical Spray of dsRNA Induces Mortality and Inhibits Chilli Leaf Curl Virus Transmission by Bemisia tabaci Asia II 1. Cells 2022; 11:cells11050833. [PMID: 35269455 PMCID: PMC8909865 DOI: 10.3390/cells11050833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Chilli leaf curl virus (ChiLCV; genus: Begomovirus), transmitted by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in a persistent-circulative manner, is a major constraint in chilli production. The present study demonstrates for the first time that a topical spray of naked double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) on chilli plants causes mortality and inability to acquire and transmit ChiLCV in B. tabaci. dsRNA targeting heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) and fasciclin 2 (fas2) of B. tabaci Asia II 1 was first assessed under controlled conditions through oral delivery. Hsp70 and fas2 dsRNA resulted in up to 82.22% and 72% mortality of B. tabaci and around 12.4- and 8.5-fold decreases in mRNA levels, respectively, 24 h post-ingestion. ChiLCV copies in hsp70 dsRNA-fed B. tabaci steadily decreased with an increase in dsRNA concentration and were undetectable at a higher concentration of dsRNA. However, ChiLCV copies significantly increased in fas2 dsRNA-fed B. tabaci. Transmission of ChiLCV by B. tabaci was completely inhibited post-24 h feeding on hsp70 dsRNA at 3 μg/mL. Naked hsp70 dsRNA was topically sprayed on ChiLCV-infected chilli plants like an insecticide. 67.77% mortality of B. tabaci, 4.6-fold downregulation of hsp70 mRNA, and 1.34 × 1015-fold decreased ChiLCV copies in B. tabaci were recorded when adults were exposed to the dsRNA-treated plants under semi-field conditions. Foliar application of naked dsRNA reduced the ChiLCV transmission by 75% without any visible symptoms in the inoculated plants. A total of 2 consecutive sprays of dsRNA provided significant protection to B. tabaci for up to 20 days under semi-field conditions.
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Janssen D, Simón A, Boulares M, Ruiz L. Host Species-Dependent Transmission of Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus-ES by Bemisia tabaci. Plants (Basel) 2022; 11:390. [PMID: 35161372 PMCID: PMC8837991 DOI: 10.3390/plants11030390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is a bipartite, single-stranded begomovirus that was first identified in India in 1995 affecting solanaceous crops. A different strain, named ToLCNDV-ES, was introduced in Spain in 2012 and causes severe symptoms in zucchini crops. Virus transmission experiments with the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, were used to compare the transmission parameters in zucchini and tomato plants. The minimum acquisition access period and inoculation access period of ToLCNDV-ES transmission was similar in zucchini and tomato. However, the transmission efficiency was significantly higher in zucchini (96%) compared to tomato (2%). The maximum retention of the virus in the vector was 16 days. B. tabaci feeding on, or recently emerged from infected zucchini plants, accumulated more virus than those from infected tomato, as determined by real-time PCR. A total of 20% of B. tabaci that were recently emerged from infected zucchini, and none from infected tomato, were able to transmit the virus to virus-free zucchini. The results may explain the different incidences of ToLCNDV-ES in zucchini and tomato crops in Spain. But they are also relevant for ToLCNDV-ES management of crops and the role of the trade and transport of infected plant material, when small-sized immature stages of B. tabaci could be a source of infection.
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Lal A, Kim YH, Vo TTB, Wira Sanjaya IGNP, Ho PT, Byun HS, Choi HS, Kil EJ, Lee S. Identification of a Novel Geminivirus in Fraxinus rhynchophylla in Korea. Viruses 2021; 13:2385. [PMID: 34960653 PMCID: PMC8705360 DOI: 10.3390/v13122385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fraxinus rhynchophylla, common name ash, belongs to the family Oleaceae and is found in China, Korea, North America, the Indian subcontinent, and eastern Russia. It has been used as a traditional herbal medicine in Korea and various parts of the world due to its chemical constituents. During a field survey in March 2019, mild vein thickening (almost negligible) was observed in a few ash trees. High-throughput sequencing of libraries of total DNA from ash trees, rolling-circle amplification (RCA), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) allowed the identification of a Fraxinus symptomless virus. This virus has five confirmed open reading frames along with a possible sixth open reading frame that encodes the movement protein and is almost 2.7 kb in size, with a nonanucleotide and stem loop structure identical to begomoviruses. In terms of its size and structure, this virus strongly resembles begomoviruses, but does not show any significant sequence identity with them. To confirm movement of the virus within the trees, different parts of infected trees were examined, and viral movement was successfully observed. No satellite molecules or DNA B were identified. Two-step PCR confirmed the virion and complementary strands during replication in both freshly collected infected samples of ash tree and Nicotiana benthamiana samples agro-inoculated with infectious clones. This taxon is so distantly grouped from other known geminiviruses that it likely represents a new geminivirus genus.
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- Aamir Lal
- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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- Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 55365, Korea; (Y.-H.K.); (H.-S.B.)
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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- Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 55365, Korea; (Y.-H.K.); (H.-S.B.)
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- Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 55365, Korea; (Y.-H.K.); (H.-S.B.)
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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Shteinberg M, Mishra R, Anfoka G, Altaleb M, Brotman Y, Moshelion M, Gorovits R, Czosnek H. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought. Cells 2021; 10:2875. [PMID: 34831098 PMCID: PMC8616339 DOI: 10.3390/cells10112875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A growing body of research points to a positive interplay between viruses and plants. Tomato yellow curl virus (TYLCV) is able to protect tomato host plants against extreme drought. To envisage the use of virus protective capacity in agriculture, TYLCV-resistant tomato lines have to be infected first with the virus before planting. Such virus-resistant tomato plants contain virus amounts that do not cause disease symptoms, growth inhibition, or yield loss, but are sufficient to modify the metabolism of the plant, resulting in improved tolerance to drought. This phenomenon is based on the TYLCV-dependent stabilization of amounts of key osmoprotectants induced by drought (soluble sugars, amino acids, and proteins). Although in infected TYLCV-susceptible tomatoes, stress markers also show an enhanced stability, in infected TYLCV-resistant plants, water balance and osmolyte homeostasis reach particularly high levels. These tomato plants survive long periods of time during water withholding. However, after recovery to normal irrigation, they produce fruits which are not exposed to drought, similarly to the control plants. Using these features, it might be possible to cultivate TYLCV-resistant plants during seasons characterized by water scarcity.
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- Moshik Shteinberg
- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel; (M.S.); (R.M.); (M.M.); (R.G.)
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- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel; (M.S.); (R.M.); (M.M.); (R.G.)
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- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt 19117, Jordan; (G.A.); (M.A.)
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- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt 19117, Jordan; (G.A.); (M.A.)
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel;
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- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel; (M.S.); (R.M.); (M.M.); (R.G.)
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- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel; (M.S.); (R.M.); (M.M.); (R.G.)
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- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel; (M.S.); (R.M.); (M.M.); (R.G.)
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Aimone CD, De León L, Dallas MM, Ndunguru J, Ascencio-Ibáñez JT, Hanley-Bowdoin L. A New Type of Satellite Associated with Cassava Mosaic Begomoviruses. J Virol 2021; 95:e0043221. [PMID: 34406866 PMCID: PMC8513466 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00432-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which is caused by single-stranded DNA begomoviruses, severely limits cassava production across Africa. A previous study showed that CMD symptom severity and viral DNA accumulation increase in cassava in the presence of a DNA sequence designated SEGS-2 (sequence enhancing geminivirus symptoms). We report here that when SEGS-2 is coinoculated with African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) onto Arabidopsis thaliana, viral symptoms increase. Transgenic Arabidopsis with an integrated copy of SEGS-2 inoculated with ACMV also display increased symptom severity and viral DNA levels. Moreover, SEGS-2 enables Cabbage leaf curl virus (CaLCuV) to infect a geminivirus-resistant Arabidopsis thaliana accession. Although SEGS-2 is related to cassava genomic sequences, an earlier study showed that it occurs as episomes and is packaged into virions in CMD-infected cassava and viruliferous whiteflies. We identified SEGS-2 episomes in SEGS-2 transgenic Arabidopsis. The episomes occur as both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA, with the single-stranded form packaged into virions. In addition, SEGS-2 episomes replicate in tobacco protoplasts in the presence, but not the absence, of ACMV DNA-A. SEGS-2 episomes contain a SEGS-2 derived promoter and an open reading frame with the potential to encode a 75-amino acid protein. An ATG mutation at the beginning of the SEGS-2 coding region does not enhance ACMV infection in A. thaliana. Together, the results established that SEGS-2 is a new type of begomovirus satellite that enhances viral disease through the action of an SEGS-2-encoded protein that may also be encoded by the cassava genome. IMPORTANCE Cassava is an important root crop in the developing world and a food and income crop for more than 300 million African farmers. Cassava is rising in global importance and trade as the demands for biofuels and commercial starch increase. More than half of the world's cassava is produced in Africa, where it is primarily grown by smallholder farmers, many of whom are from the poorest villages. Although cassava can grow under high temperature, drought, and poor soil conditions, its production is severely limited by viral diseases. Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is one of the most important viral diseases of cassava and can cause up to 100% yield losses. We provide evidence that SEGS-2, which was originally isolated from cassava crops displaying severe and atypical CMD symptoms in Tanzanian fields, is a novel begomovirus satellite that can compromise the development of durable CMD resistance.
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- Catherine D. Aimone
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Nigam D. Genomic Variation and Diversification in Begomovirus Genome in Implication to Host and Vector Adaptation. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:1706. [PMID: 34451752 PMCID: PMC8398267 DOI: 10.3390/plants10081706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae, genus Begomovirus) are DNA viruses transmitted in a circulative, persistent manner by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). As revealed by their wide host range (more than 420 plant species), worldwide distribution, and effective vector transmission, begomoviruses are highly adaptive. Still, the genetic factors that facilitate their adaptation to a diverse array of hosts and vectors remain poorly understood. Mutations in the virus genome may confer a selective advantage for essential functions, such as transmission, replication, evading host responses, and movement within the host. Therefore, genetic variation is vital to virus evolution and, in response to selection pressure, is demonstrated as the emergence of new strains and species adapted to diverse hosts or with unique pathogenicity. The combination of variation and selection forms a genetic imprint on the genome. This review focuses on factors that contribute to the evolution of Begomovirus and their global spread, for which an unforeseen diversity and dispersal has been recognized and continues to expand.
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- Deepti Nigam
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Fan YY, Zhong YW, Zhao J, Chi Y, Bouvaine S, Liu SS, Seal SE, Wang XW. Bemisia tabaci Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2 Interacts with Begomoviruses and Plays a Role in Virus Acquisition. Cells 2021; 10:1700. [PMID: 34359870 PMCID: PMC8306474 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Begomoviruses cause substantial losses to agricultural production, especially in tropical and subtropical regions, and are exclusively transmitted by members of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci species complex. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the transmission of begomoviruses by their whitefly vector are not clear. In this study, we found that B. tabaci vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (BtVAMP2) interacts with the coat protein (CP) of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), an emergent begomovirus that seriously impacts tomato production globally. After infection with TYLCV, the transcription of BtVAMP2 was increased. When the BtVAMP2 protein was blocked by feeding with a specific BtVAMP2 antibody, the quantity of TYLCV in B. tabaci whole body was significantly reduced. BtVAMP2 was found to be conserved among the B. tabaci species complex and also interacts with the CP of Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV). When feeding with BtVAMP2 antibody, the acquisition quantity of SLCMV in whitefly whole body was also decreased significantly. Overall, our results demonstrate that BtVAMP2 interacts with the CP of begomoviruses and promotes their acquisition by whitefly.
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- Yun-Yun Fan
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.-Y.F.); (Y.-W.Z.); (J.Z.); (Y.C.); (S.-S.L.)
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.-Y.F.); (Y.-W.Z.); (J.Z.); (Y.C.); (S.-S.L.)
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.-Y.F.); (Y.-W.Z.); (J.Z.); (Y.C.); (S.-S.L.)
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.-Y.F.); (Y.-W.Z.); (J.Z.); (Y.C.); (S.-S.L.)
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, UK;
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.-Y.F.); (Y.-W.Z.); (J.Z.); (Y.C.); (S.-S.L.)
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, UK;
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.-Y.F.); (Y.-W.Z.); (J.Z.); (Y.C.); (S.-S.L.)
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Devendran R, Kumar M, Ghosh D, Yogindran S, Karim MJ, Chakraborty S. Capsicum-infecting begomoviruses as global pathogens: host-virus interplay, pathogenesis, and management. Trends Microbiol 2021; 30:170-184. [PMID: 34215487 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses are among the major threats to the cultivation of Capsicum spp. (Family: Solanaceae) worldwide. Capsicum-infecting begomoviruses (CIBs) have a broad host range and are commonly found in mixed infections, which, in turn, fuels the emergence of better-adapted species through intraspecies and interspecies recombination. Virus-encoded proteins hijack host factors to breach the well-coordinated antiviral response of plants. Epigenetic modifications of histones associated with viral minichromosomes play a critical role in this molecular arms race. Moreover, the association of DNA satellites further enhances the virulence of CIBs as the subviral agents aid the helper viruses to circumvent plant antiviral defense and facilitate expansion of their host range and disease development. The objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview on various aspects of CIBs such as their emergence, epidemiology, mechanism of pathogenesis, and the management protocols being employed for combating them.
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- Ragunathan Devendran
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Saad MFM, Sau AR, Akbar MA, Baharum SN, Ramzi AB, Talip N, Bunawan H. Construction of Infectious Clones of Begomoviruses: Strategies, Techniques and Applications. Biology (Basel) 2021; 10:604. [PMID: 34209952 DOI: 10.3390/biology10070604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Simple Summary Begomovirus has a wide host range and threatens a significant amount of economic damage to many important crops such as tomatoes, beans, cassava, squash and cotton. There are many efforts directed at controlling this disease including the use of insecticides to control the insect vector as well as screening the resistant varieties. The use of synthetic virus or infectious clones approaches has allowed plant virologists to characterize and exploit the genome virus at the molecular and biological levels. By exploiting the DNA of the virus using the infectious clones strategy, the viral genome can be manipulated at specific regions to study functional genes for host–virus interactions. Thus, this review will provide an overview of the strategy to construct infectious clones of Begomovirus. The significance of established infectious clones in Begomovirus study will also be discussed. Abstract Begomovirus has become a potential threat to the agriculture sector. It causes significant losses to several economically important crops. Given this considerable loss, the development of tools to study viral genomes and function is needed. Infectious clones approaches and applications have allowed the direct exploitation of virus genomes. Infectious clones of DNA viruses are the critical instrument for functional characterization of the notable and newly discovered virus. Understanding of structure and composition of viruses has contributed to the evolution of molecular plant pathology. Therefore, this review provides extensive guidelines on the strategy to construct infectious clones of Begomovirus. Also, this technique’s impacts and benefits in controlling and understanding the Begomovirus infection will be discussed.
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Chiquito-Almanza E, Caballero-Pérez J, Acosta-Gallegos JA, Montero-Tavera V, Mariscal-Amaro LA, Anaya-López JL. Diversity and Distribution of Viruses Infecting Wild and Domesticated Phaseolus spp. in the Mesoamerican Center of Domestication. Viruses 2021; 13:v13061153. [PMID: 34208696 PMCID: PMC8235658 DOI: 10.3390/v13061153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Viruses are an important disease source for beans. In order to evaluate the impact of virus disease on Phaseolus biodiversity, we determined the identity and distribution of viruses infecting wild and domesticated Phaseolus spp. in the Mesoamerican Center of Domestication (MCD) and the western state of Nayarit, Mexico. We used small RNA sequencing and assembly to identify complete or near-complete sequences of forty-seven genomes belonging to nine viral species of five genera, as well as partial sequences of two putative new endornaviruses and five badnavirus- and pararetrovirus-like sequences. The prevalence of viruses in domesticated beans was significantly higher than in wild beans (97% vs. 19%; p < 0.001), and all samples from domesticated beans were positive for at least one virus species. In contrast, no viruses were detected in 80-83% of the samples from wild beans. The Bean common mosaic virus and Bean common mosaic necrosis virus were the most prevalent viruses in wild and domesticated beans. Nevertheless, Cowpea mild mottle virus, transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, has the potential to emerge as an important pathogen because it is both seed-borne and a non-persistently transmitted virus. Our results provide insights into the distribution of viruses in cultivated and wild Phaseolus spp. and will be useful for the identification of emerging viruses and the development of strategies for bean viral disease management in a center of diversity.
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- Elizabeth Chiquito-Almanza
- Biotechnology Department, National Institute for Forestry Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Celaya, Guanajuato 38110, Mexico; (E.C.-A.); (V.M.-T.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro 76017, Mexico;
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- Bean Breeding Program, National Institute for Forestry Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Celaya, Guanajuato 38110, Mexico;
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- Biotechnology Department, National Institute for Forestry Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Celaya, Guanajuato 38110, Mexico; (E.C.-A.); (V.M.-T.)
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- Forestry and Plant Protection Program, National Institute for Forestry Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Celaya, Guanajuato 38110, Mexico;
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- Biotechnology Department, National Institute for Forestry Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Celaya, Guanajuato 38110, Mexico; (E.C.-A.); (V.M.-T.)
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Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S, Martin DP, Lefeuvre P, Varsani A. Identification of the Begomoviruses Squash Leaf Curl Virus and Watermelon Chlorotic Stunt Virus in Various Plant Samples in North America. Viruses 2021; 13:810. [PMID: 33946382 DOI: 10.3390/v13050810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Geminiviruses are a group of plant-infecting viruses with single-stranded DNA genomes. Within this family, viruses in the genus Begomovirus are known to have a worldwide distribution causing a range of severe diseases in a multitude of dicotyledonous plant species. Begomoviruses are transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, and their ssDNA genomes can be either monopartite or bipartite. As part of a viral survey, various plants including those in the families Alliaceae, Amaranthaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Cactaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Malvaceae, Oleaceae and Solanaceae were sampled and screened for begomoviruses using both a high-throughput sequencing and a begomovirus-specific primer pair approach. Based on the sequences derived using these approaches, the full-length genome of various begomoviruses were amplified from plants using abutting primers. Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (WCSV) were identified in Cactaceae (n = 25), Solanaceae (n = 7), Cucurbitaceae (n = 2) and Lamiaceae (n = 1) samples. WCSV is an Old World bipartite begomovirus that has only recently been discovered infecting watermelons in the Americas. Our discovery of WCSV in the USA is the first indication that it has reached this country and indicates that this virus might be widespread throughout North America. Phylogenetic analysis suggests WCSV was introduced to the New World twice. The detection of begomoviruses in cactus plants suggests possible spillover events from agricultural areas into native vegetation. Since WCSV and SLCV have previously been found in mixed infections, pseudo-recombination infection experiments were conducted. We demonstrate that WCSV DNA-B is successfully trans-replicated by SLCV DNA-A despite very low degree of similarity between the replication-associated iterative sequences present in their common region, an essential feature for binding of the replication associated protein. This study highlights the importance of viral surveys for the detection of spillover events into native vegetation, but also suggests the need for more surveillance of WCSV in the USA, as this virus is a serious threat to watermelon cultivation in the Middle East.
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Yan Z, Wolters AMA, Navas-Castillo J, Bai Y. The Global Dimension of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Disease: Current Status and Breeding Perspectives. Microorganisms 2021; 9:740. [PMID: 33916319 PMCID: PMC8066563 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) caused by tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and a group of related begomoviruses is an important disease which in recent years has caused serious economic problems in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) production worldwide. Spreading of the vectors, whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci complex, has been responsible for many TYLCD outbreaks. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of TYLCV and TYLV-like begomoviruses and the driving forces of the increasing global significance through rapid evolution of begomovirus variants, mixed infection in the field, association with betasatellites and host range expansion. Breeding for host plant resistance is considered as one of the most promising and sustainable methods in controlling TYLCD. Resistance to TYLCD was found in several wild relatives of tomato from which six TYLCV resistance genes (Ty-1 to Ty-6) have been identified. Currently, Ty-1 and Ty-3 are the primary resistance genes widely used in tomato breeding programs. Ty-2 is also exploited commercially either alone or in combination with other Ty-genes (i.e., Ty-1, Ty-3 or ty-5). Additionally, screening of a large collection of wild tomato species has resulted in the identification of novel TYLCD resistance sources. In this review, we focus on genetic resources used to date in breeding for TYLCVD resistance. For future breeding strategies, we discuss several leads in order to make full use of the naturally occurring and engineered resistance to mount a broad-spectrum and sustainable begomovirus resistance.
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- Zhe Yan
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (Z.Y.); (A.-M.A.W.)
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (Z.Y.); (A.-M.A.W.)
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Universidad de Málaga (IHSM-CSIC-UMA), Avenida Dr. Weinberg s/n, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain;
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (Z.Y.); (A.-M.A.W.)
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Chi Y, Pan LL, Liu SS, Mansoor S, Wang XW. Implication of the Whitefly Protein Vps Twenty Associated 1 (Vta1) in the Transmission of Cotton Leaf Curl Multan Virus. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9020304. [PMID: 33540621 PMCID: PMC7912986 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV) is one of the major casual agents of cotton leaf curl disease. Previous studies show that two indigenous whitefly species of the Bemisia tabaci complex, Asia II 1 and Asia II 7, are able to transmit CLCuMuV, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the transmission are poorly known. In this study, we attempted to identify the whitefly proteins involved in CLCuMuV transmission. First, using a yeast two-hybrid system, we identified 54 candidate proteins of Asia II 1 that putatively can interact with the coat protein of CLCuMuV. Second, we examined interactions between the CLCuMuV coat protein and several whitefly proteins, including vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein (Vps) twenty associated 1 (Vta1). Third, using RNA interference, we found that Vta1 positively regulated CLCuMuV acquisition and transmission by the Asia II 1 whitefly. In addition, we showed that the interaction between the CLCuMuV coat protein and Vta1 from the whitefly Middle East-Asia Minor (MEAM1), a poor vector of CLCuMuV, was much weaker than that between Asia II 1 Vta1 and the CLCuMuV coat protein. Silencing of Vta1 in MEAM1 did not affect the quantity of CLCuMuV acquired by the whitefly. Taken together, our results suggest that Vta1 may play an important role in the transmission of CLCuMuV by the whitefly.
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- Yao Chi
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.C.); (L.-L.P.); (S.-S.L.)
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.C.); (L.-L.P.); (S.-S.L.)
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.C.); (L.-L.P.); (S.-S.L.)
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.C.); (L.-L.P.); (S.-S.L.)
- Correspondence:
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Koeda S, Fujiwara I, Oka Y, Kesumawati E, Zakaria S, Kanzaki S. Ty-2 and Ty-3a Conferred Resistance are Insufficient Against Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Kanchanaburi Virus from Southeast Asia in Single or Mixed Infections of Tomato. Plant Dis 2020; 104:3221-3229. [PMID: 33044916 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-20-0613-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a monopartite begomovirus that originated in the eastern Mediterranean, has spread worldwide, becoming a serious threat to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) production. Southeast Asia is considered one of the hotspots for begomovirus diversity, and a wide variety of local begomovirus species distinct from TYLCV have been identified. In this study, the protection effect of introgressions of single TYLCV Ty resistance genes, Ty-2 and Ty-3a, in tomato was examined against inoculations of the bipartite begomoviruses Tomato yellow leaf curl Kanchanaburi virus (TYLCKaV) and Pepper yellow leaf curl Indonesia virus (PepYLCIV) isolated from Indonesia. Our findings suggest that Ty-2 in the heterozygous state was found to be ineffective against PepYLCIV and TYLCKaV, whereas Ty-3a in the heterozygous state was effective against PepYLCIV and partially effective against TYLCKaV. Quantification of viral DNAs showed correlation between symptom expression and viral DNA accumulation. Moreover, mixed infections of TYLCKaV and PepYLCIV caused notably severe symptoms in tomato plants harboring Ty-3a. In cases of mixed infection, quantifying viral DNAs showed a relatively high accumulation of PepYLCIV, indicating that Ty-3a loses its effectiveness against PepYLCIV when TYLCKaV is also present. This study demonstrates the lack of effectiveness of Ty resistance genes against single and mixed infections of distinct local begomoviruses from Southeast Asia.
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- Sota Koeda
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nara, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nara, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nara, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Syiah Kuala University, 23111 Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Syiah Kuala University, 23111 Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nara, Japan
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Marchant WG, Legarrea S, Smeda JR, Mutschler MA, Srinivasan R. Evaluating Acylsugars-Mediated Resistance in Tomato against Bemisia tabaci and Transmission of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. Insects 2020; 11:insects11120842. [PMID: 33260730 PMCID: PMC7760652 DOI: 10.3390/insects11120842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is a major pest of cultivated tomato. Whitefly feeding-related injuries and transmission of viruses including tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) cause serious losses. Management strategy includes planting resistant cultivars/hybrids. However, TYLCV resistance is incomplete and whiteflies on TYLCV-resistant cultivars/hybrids are managed by insecticides. Acylsugars'-mediated resistance against whiteflies has been introgressed from wild solanums into cultivated tomato. This study evaluated acylsugar-producing tomato lines with quantitative trait loci (QTL) containing introgressions from Solanum pennellii LA716, known to alter acylsugars' levels or chemistry. Evaluated acylsugar-producing lines were the benchmark line CU071026, QTL6/CU071026-a CU071026 sister line with QTL6, and three other CU071026 sister lines with varying QTLs-FA2/CU71026, FA7/CU071026, and FA2/FA7/CU071026. Non-acylsugar tomato hybrid Florida 47 (FL47) was also evaluated. Acylsugars' amounts in FA7/CU071026 and FA2/FA7/CU071026 were 1.4 to 2.2 times greater than in other acylsugar-producing lines. Short chain fatty acid, i-C5, was dominant in all acylsugar-producing lines. Long chain fatty acids, n-C10 and n-C12, were more abundant in FA7/CU071026 and FA2/FA7/CU071026 than in other acylsugar-producing lines. Whiteflies preferentially settled on non-acylsugar hybrid FL47 leaves over three out of five acylsugar-producing lines, and whiteflies settled 5 to 85 times more on abaxial than adaxial leaf surface of FL47 than on acylsugar-producing lines. Whiteflies' survival was 1.5 to 1.9 times lower on acylsugar-producing lines than in FL47. Nevertheless, whiteflies' developmental time was up to 12.5% shorter on acylsugar-producing lines than on FL47. TYLCV infection following whitefly-mediated transmission to acylsugar-producing lines was 1.4 to 2.8 times lower than FL47, and TYLCV acquisition by whiteflies from acylsugar-producing lines was up to 77% lower than from FL47. However, TYLCV accumulation in acylsugar-producing lines following infection and TYLCV loads in whiteflies upon acquisition from acylsugar-producing lines were not different from FL47. Combining TYLCV resistance with acylsugars'-mediated whitefly resistance in cultivated tomato could substantially benefit whiteflies and TYLCV management.
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- Wendy G. Marchant
- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 2360 Rainwater Road, Tifton, GA 31793, USA; (W.G.M.); (S.L.)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 2360 Rainwater Road, Tifton, GA 31793, USA; (W.G.M.); (S.L.)
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- Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, 257 Emerson Hall, Ithaca, NY 30602, USA; (J.R.S.); (M.A.M.)
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- Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, 257 Emerson Hall, Ithaca, NY 30602, USA; (J.R.S.); (M.A.M.)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 310223, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +770-229-3099
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