scholarly journals Incidence and Distribution of Important Viral Pathogens in Some Iranian Potato Fields

Plant Disease ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pourrahim ◽  
Sh. Farzadfar ◽  
A. R. Golnaraghi ◽  
A. Ahoonmanesh

From a total of 8,135 potato leaves collected from 132 fields in 11 provinces of Iran, the incidence and distribution of Alfalfa mosaic virus (AlMV), Eggplant mottled dwarf virus (EMDV), Potato leafroll virus (PLRV), Potato virus A (PVA), Potato virus M (PVM), Potato virus S(PVS), Potato virus X (PVX), Potato virus Y (PVY), and Tomato yellow fruit ring virus (TYFRV) were assessed using serological and biological methods. Based on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) results, viruses in decreasing order of incidence in potato were PVS (35.9%), PVY (34.4%), PVA (27.0%), PVX (20.8%), PLRV (13.9%), PVM (9.0%), AlMV (7.0%), TYFRV (5.9%), and EMDV (5.1%). All 132 fields surveyed had some degree of virus infection, ranging from 28.8 to 98.6%, with an overall incidence of 75.2%. The highest and lowest incidence of virus infections among the surveyed provinces occurred in Kerman (93.2%) and Ardabil (56.7%), respectively. Overall, 25.0 and 50.2% of the collected potato samples had single or mixed infections, respectively. High levels of mixed infections were found between PVX and PVS (8.6%), and PVX and PVY (7.6%). Moreover, co-infection of samples with PVS and PVY, PVA and PVS, and PVA and PVY, the aphid-vectored virus/virus combinations, occurred at the highest incidence in almost all provinces surveyed, 15.3, 13.8, and 12.8%, respectively. In this study, Beet curly top virus was detected in symptomatic potato samples collected from some fields in the Kermanshah province.

Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bright Agindotan ◽  
Keith L. Perry

A macroarray was developed for the detection of 11 potato viruses and Potato spindle tuber viroid. The 11 viruses detected included those commonly found or tested for in North American potato seed certification programs: Alfalfa mosaic virus, Cucumber mosaic virus, Potato mop top virus, Potato leafroll virus, Potato latent virus, Potato virus A, Potato virus M, Potato virus S, Potato virus X, Potato virus Y, and Tobacco rattle virus. These viruses were detected using oligonucleotide 70-mer probes and labeled targets prepared by a random primed amplification procedure. Potato plants analyzed included those infected with 12 reference virus stocks and 36 field isolates. Results from the macroarray were entirely consistent with those obtained using a standard serological assay (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). Four isolates of Potato spindle tuber viroid, in mixed infection with one or more viruses, also were detected in the array, although strong hybridization signals required amplification with viroid-specific primers in combination with anchored-random primers. In individual plants, up to four viruses, or a viroid plus two viruses, were detected, with no apparent competition or inhibition. Macroarrays are a cost-effective approach to the simultaneous diagnostic detection of multiple pathogens from infected plants.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
Jelena Zindovic

The research was carried out, in the period 2002-2004 in order to determine the presence and distribution of potato viruses at 12 different locations and on 9 different potato varieties grown in Montenegro. The research included collecting of samples in seed potato crops and testing of six economically important potato viruses: Potato leaf roll virus (PLRV), Potato virus Y (PVY), Potato virus X (PVX), Potato virus S (PVS), Potato virus A (PVA) i Potato virus M (PVM). Using the direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) and commercial antisera specific for six potato viruses, it was found that PVY was the most frequent virus during the three-year research period. The second frequent virus was PVS, followed by PVA, PLRV, PVM and PVX. Single and mixed infections were detected, and the most prevalent were the single infections of PVY. Also, in the period 2002-2004, PVY had the highest distribution and the number of present viruses was different at different localities and on different potato varieties. Further investigations were related to detailed characterization of the most prevalent virus (PVY), which is at the same time economically the most important one. Serological characterization of PVY was performed utilizing DAS-ELISA kit with commercial monoclonal antibodies specific for detection of the three strain groups of PVY, and the two strain groups - necrotic (PVYN/PVYNTN) and common (PVYO), were identified. Necrotic strains were prevalent in 2002 and 2004, while in 2003 PVYO was the most frequent strain in virus population. The presence of stipple streak strain (PVYC) was not detected in any of the tested samples.


1993 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1891 ◽  
Author(s):  
CR Wilson ◽  
RAC Jones

A selection of potato cultivars and breeding lines was evaluated for presence of resistance to infection with potato leafroll virus (PLRV) via viruliferous aphid vectors ( IR) and/or resistance to accumulation of PLRV antigen ( AR) in infected leaf tissue. Cultivars Aracy, Delcora, Omega and Spunta, and breeding lines BR63.15 and B71.240.2 carried both IR and AR , Bismark, Serrana INTA and L/T1 had alone and Delaware had AR alone. The other cultivars tested had neither. Within both the resistant and susceptible classes for AR, the level of PLRV antigen accumulation achieved varied with cultivar. Previous infection with potato virus X (PVX) or potato virus S (PVS) either alone or together did not diminish the expression of IR or AR. However, the presence of PVX sometimes significantly increased the accumulation of PLRV in susceptible cv. Desiree and this effect was most pronounced in mature leaves of older plants. In contrast, presence of PVX in susceptible cv. Desiree did not increase the numbers of plants becoming infected with PLRV. Identifying potato genotypes with and IR AR will help the Australian potato industry to select cultivars which become infected with PLRV more slowly under conditions of high infection pressure and/or are suitable for use as parental lines in breeding virus-resistant cultivars.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuya Onozuka ◽  
Takehiro Ohki ◽  
Norikuni Oka ◽  
Tetsuo Maoka

Abstract Background Certification of seed potato as free of viruses is essential for stable potato production. Among more than 30 virus species infecting potato, potato leafroll virus (PLRV), potato virus S (PVS), potato virus X (PVX), and potato virus Y (PVY) predominate worldwide and should be the targets of a high-throughput detection protocol for seed potato quarantine. Results We developed an assay based on one-step real-time multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (mRT-PCR) with melt curve analysis for the four viruses and one internal control, potato elongation factor 1 alpha gene (EF1α). Virus-specific primers were derived from conserved regions among randomly selected representatives considering viral genomic diversity. Our assay simultaneously detected representative Japanese isolates of PLRV, O lineage of PVS, PVX, and NTN strain of PVY. The variability of melting temperature (Tm) values for each virus was confirmed using Japanese isolates, and virus species could be identified by the values of 87.6 for PLRV, 85.9 for PVX, 82.2 (Ordinary lineage) to 83.1 (Andean lineage) for PVS, and 79.4 (NA-N strain) to 80.5 (O strain and NTN strain) for PVY on average. The reliability of calculation was validated by comparing the calculated Tm values and measured Tm values and the values had a strong linear correlation (correlation of determination: R2 = 0.9875). Based on the calculated Tm values, representative non-Japanese isolates could also be identified by our assay. For removing false positives, two criteria were set for the evaluation of result; successful amplification was considered as 30.0 ≥ threshold cycle value, and the virus-specific peak higher than the EF1α-specific peak was considered as positive. According to these criteria, our assay could detect PLRV and PVS from 100-fold dilution of potato leaf homogenate and PVX and PVY from 1000-fold in a model assay. Conclusion This new high-throughput detection protocol using one-step real-time mRT-PCR was sensitive enough to detect viruses in a 100-fold dilution of singly-virus contaminated homogenate in a model assay. This protocol can detect the four viruses in one assay and yield faster results for a vast number of samples, and greatly save the labor for seed potato quarantine and field surveys.


Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Baldauf ◽  
S. M. Gray ◽  
K. L. Perry

A survey of six potato viruses, Potato virus A (PVA), Potato virus M (PVM), Potato virus S(PVS), Potato virus X (PVX), Potato virus Y (PVY), and Potato leafroll virus (PLRV), was conducted in New York and Maine during 2002 and 2003. Leaf samples were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and PVY-positive samples were further tested to determine whether a necrotic strain of PVY (PVYN) or a strain able to induce necrosis in tobacco and in potato tubers (PVYNTN) were present. In both years, PVY and PVS were identified in a majority of the samples, and mixed infections predominated in 83% of the symptomatic leaves in 2002. Of the total 394 PVY-positive samples, 3 reacted with monoclonal antibody (MAb) 1F5 and caused veinal necrosis (VN) in tobacco. Two of these isolates caused tuber necrosis in the potato cv. Yukon Gold. Three PVY isolates reacted with MAb 1F5 but did not cause VN in tobacco, and two caused VN but did not react with MAb 1F5. None of these eight isolates were able to overcome the Ry resistance gene in the potato cultivar Eva, but several were able to overcome the Ny resistance gene found in Allegany. PVYN isolates were not widespread in the northeastern United States; however, several PVY isolates differed from both PVYN and the ordinary strain of PVY and may represent strain recombinants.


Plant Disease ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 94 (10) ◽  
pp. 1248-1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Maoka ◽  
S. Sugiyama ◽  
Y. Maruta ◽  
T. Hataya

A complementary DNA (cDNA) macroarray was developed for simultaneous detection of 12 different potato viruses. A suitable region in the viral genome for each was selected for Alfalfa mosaic virus, Cucumber mosaic virus, Potato aucuba mosaic virus, Potato leafroll virus, Potato mop-top virus, Potato virus A, Potato virus M, Potato virus S, Potato virus X, Potato virus Y, Tomato ringspot virus, and Tomato spotted wilt virus, and their respective cDNAs were cloned into plasmid vectors. Capture probes for each virus ranging from 290 to 577 bp were generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immobilized on a nylon membrane. Total RNAs were extracted from each of these virus infected-plants, and cDNAs were synthesized from the RNA extracts using a random 9-mer primer. Subsequently, PCR reactions were performed using one primer pair for each of the 12 viruses. During PCR, amplified cDNAs were labeled with biotin and used as a target for hybridization analyses on a macroarray membrane. Hybridization signals between capture probes for the 12 viruses and their respective target cDNAs were observed using chemiluminescent or colorimetric detection. In all viruses, hybridization signals with capture probes were detected only when homologous virus targets were examined, and no hybridization to healthy plant extract was observed, facilitating identification of each virus. The results by colorimetric detection agreed with those obtained using chemiluminescence. The macroarray method developed was 5 × 102 to 4 × 106 times more sensitive than enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and 5 to 5 × 104 times more sensitive than reverse-transcription PCR, except for Alfalfa mosaic virus. Colorimetric detection and substantial reduction in cross-hybridization signals much improved the method compared with other array-based detection methods for practical use.


2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Lambert ◽  
Frank S. Hay ◽  
Sarah J. Pethybridge ◽  
Calum R. Wilson

The spatial and temporal distribution of Potato virus S (PVS) and Potato virus X (PVX) was studied in two trials within each of four commercial fields of seed potato var. Russet Burbank in Tasmania, Australia. In the first trial (plots) 20 leaflets were collected from each of 49 plots (each approximately 8 m wide by 10 m long), with plots arranged in a 7-×-7 lattice. In the second trial (transects), leaflets were collected at 1-m intervals along seven adjacent, 50-m long rows. The mean incidence of PVS increased during the season by 5.2% in one of four plot trials and 25.5% in one of four transect trials. The mean incidence of PVX increased during the season by 10.1%, in one of two transect trials. Spatial Analysis by Distance IndicEs and ordinary runs analysis detected aggregation of PVS infected plants early in the season in one and two fields respectively, suggesting transmission during seed-cutting or during planting. An increase in PVS incidence mid- to late season in one field was associated with aggregation of PVS along, but not across rows, which may be related to the closer plant spacing within rows and hence increased potential for mechanical transmission along rows. Results suggested limited spread of PVS and PVX occurred within crops during the season. Accepted for publication 9 April 2007. Published 26 July 2007.


Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. D. Li ◽  
Y. Q. Li ◽  
H. G. Wang

Flue-cured tobacco is an important crop in Henan Province, China. During the 2000 growing season, many tobacco plants showed various degrees of mottling, mosaic, vein clearing, or vein necrosis in most of the counties. Some plants even died at an early stage of growth. A survey was conducted in May-June in several tobacco-growing counties, and the incidence of symptomatic plants in individual fields ranged from 10 to 85%. The most widely planted tobacco varieties, NC89, K326, and K346, were highly susceptible. Symptomatic plants were collected from Jiaxian and Xiangcheng counties and samples were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Potato virus Y (PVY), and Potato virus X (PVX). Of 65 samples tested, 21 were positive for only PVY, 16 positive for only CMV, one each was positive for only TMV or PVX. Nineteen samples were doubly infected with various combinations of these viruses and six were infected with combinations of three viruses. The causal agent(s) in the remaining sample could not be determined. In total, CMV was detected in 40 samples, PVY in 38, PVX in 10, and TMV in 7 samples. TMV and CMV used to be the most important viruses and PVY occurred only rarely. But PVY has become prevalent in Henan and in neighboring Shandong province (2). CMV and TMV were reported to be the most prevalent viruses in Shanxi (1) and Fujian Provinces (3). Because resistant varieties are not available, and mixed infections are more common, the results presented here explain why huge damage is occurring in tobacco crops in recent years. Some varieties are partially resistant to TMV and CMV but the varieties commonly grown are highly susceptible to PVY. Therefore, breeding for resistance to viruses, especially to PVY, is urgent to control the occurrence of tobacco viral diseases. References: (1) J. L. Cheng et al. Acta Tabacaria Sin. 4:43, 1998. (2) J. B. Wang et al. Chinese Tobacco Sci. 1:26, 1998. (3) L. H. Xie et al. Acta Tabacaria Sin. 2:25, 1994.


2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 30-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Naderpour ◽  
L. Sadeghi

Molecular markers within or close to genes of interest play essential roles in marker-assisted selection. PCR-based markers have been developed for numerous traits in different plant species including several genes conferring resistance to viruses in potato. In the present work, rapid and reliable approaches were developed for the simultaneous detection of Ryadg and Ry-fsto, Ns, and PLRV.1 genes conferring resistance to Potato virus Y, Potato virus S and Potato leafroll virus, respectively, on the basis of previously published and newly modified markers. The sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers for Ryadg, Ns and PLRV1 and the newly modified cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences (CAPS) marker for Ry-fsto were amplified in one PCR reaction which could simply characterize Ryadg and PLRV.1 resistance. Additional digestion of amplicons with EcoRV and MfeI for genotyping the Ry-fsto and Ns resistance genes, respectively, was needed. The effectiveness of genotyping in triplex and tetraplex PCRs was tested on 35 potato varieties used for potato seed production and breeding programs.  


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