scholarly journals First Report of Tobacco vein banding mosaic virus in China (Xian, Shaanxi Province) in Datura stramonium and Tobacco

Plant Disease ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (10) ◽  
pp. 1152-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Roggero ◽  
G. P. Accotto ◽  
M. Ciuffo ◽  
R. Lenzi ◽  
C. Desbiez ◽  
...  

Tobacco vein banding mosaic virus (TVBMV) has been reported in Taiwan (1), North America (Tennessee) (2), and Japan (3) and induces a severe disease of tobacco. During surveys on viruses of vegetables in China, TVBMV was isolated from a Datura stramonium weed plant in July 1998 in Shaanxi Province. It showed severe mosaic with blistering of the leaves. The plant was also infected by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). When sap from D. stramonium was frozen, thawed, and mechanically inoculated, only TVBMV was recovered. The 3′-end of the viral genome was amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using primers derived from the potyviridae primers (4) and cloned in pBlueScript. The sequence of 1,630 bp (GenBank AF274315) was determined on both DNA strands and found to have approximately 94% homology with other TVBMV sequences (L 28816 from Tennessee, X77637 from Taiwan, and AB020524 from Japan). The host range of the Chinese isolate was similar to that reported for the U.S. isolate. D. stramonium, Nicotiana benthamiana, N. clevelandii, N. glutinosa, N. tabacum Samsun, White Burley type and Xanthi, Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Marmande, and Petunia hybrida were systemically infected. A local infection developed in N. rustica, Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. quinoa, and Ocimum basilicum. The Chinese isolate did not infect Capsicum annuum cv. Quadrato d'Asti, Solanum melongena, or several Cucurbitaceae and Leguminosae species. Myzus persicae transmitted the Chinese TVBMV in a non-persistent mode from both D. stramonium and tobacco to the same plants and to tomato. No seed transmission occurred in experimentally infected D. stramonium (20 seedlings), tobacco White Burley type (200 seedlings), and tomato cv. Marmande (100 seedlings). The virus was found in the roots of D. stramonium and tobacco. Since the virus was not seed-transmissible, overwintering rootstocks may provide sites for winter survival of the virus. An antiserum was produced against the virus and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay survey was carried out in solanaceous crops including D. stramonium collected in July 1999 in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei provinces and Beijing surroundings. TVBMV was found only in the same field as in 1998 in four D. stramonium plants in association with CMV and in a tobacco plant 200 m from D. stramonium. TVBMV was not found in the closest tomato crops, where infection of CMV was severe. This is the first report of TVBMV in China, and Xian is the most northern location in which this virus has been found. References: (1) J. K. Chiang et al. Bull. Tobacco Res. Inst. 32:39, 1990. (2) B. B. Reddick et al. Plant Dis. 76:856, 1992. (3) H. Tochihara. Rev. Plant Prot. Res. 13:122, 1980. (4) A. Gibbs and A. Mackenzie. J. Virol. Meth. 63:9, 1997.

Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (12) ◽  
pp. 1292-1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Jordá ◽  
A. Lázaro Pérez ◽  
P. Martínez-Culebras ◽  
P. Abad ◽  
A. Lacasa ◽  
...  

At the beginning of 2000, a damaging disease developed on protected tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) crops grown in polyethylene greenhouses in different regions of Spain. Production losses were estimated at 15 to 80%. The tomato plants showed a variety of symptoms. The most common symptoms were leaf distortion, chlorosis, and mosaic. Some plants showed a dark green mosaic and bubbling of the leaf surface. Green striations were also observed on the stem and sepals. Most of the diseased plants had discolored fruits. Symptoms decreased as environmental temperature increased. The involvement of Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) was suspected. To identify the etiological agent, ≈500 symptomatic tomato plants were collected from several locations in Alicante, Murcia, Almeria and the Canary Islands. Flexuous viral particles 510 nm long were observed by transmission electron microscopy, suggesting the presence of a potexvirus in the tissue extracts analyzed. All samples were tested by ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), using polyclonal antibodies to Narcissus mosaic virus (Adgen, Auchincriuve, Scotland), a virus serologically related to PepMV, and two antisera specific to PepMV (Adgen, Scotland and DMSZ, Braunschweig, Germany). PepMV was detected in 35% of the samples. Like PepMV, the virus infected (as confirmed by ELISA) greenhouse-grown Datura stramonium, Nicandra physalodes, Nicotiana benthamiana, N. clevelandii, Solanum tuberosum, and Vigna sinensis and did not infect Capsicum anuum, Cucumis sativus, Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. quinoa, Petunia × hybrida, Phaseolus vulgaris, Physalis floridana, N. glutinosa, N. rustica, or N. tabacum. The virus did infect Gomphrena globosa, which normally is not infected by PepMV. The first report of PepMV was on pepino (Solanum muricatum) in Peru in 1974 (1), but this virus has been recently reported in the Netherlands, England, Germany, and France on protected tomato crops (2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of PepMV in Spain, including the Canary Islands. References: (1) R. A. C. Jones et al. Ann. Appl. Biol. 94:61, 1980. (2) European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO). Alert List Viruses. On-line publication/2000/003.


Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (11) ◽  
pp. 1457-1457 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Sudhakar ◽  
D. Nagendra-Prasad ◽  
N. Mohan ◽  
K. Murugesan

During a survey in January 2006 near Salem in Tamil Nadu (south India), Cucumber mosaic virus was observed infecting tomatoes with an incidence of more than 70%. Plants exhibiting severe mosaic, leaf puckering, and stunted growth were collected, and the virus was identified using diagnostic hosts, evaluation of physical properties of the virus, compound enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (ELISA Lab, Washington State University, Prosser), reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (DSMZ, S. Winter, Germany). To determine the specific CMV subgroup, total RNA was extracted from 50 infected leaf samples using the RNeasy plant RNA isolation kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) and tested for the presence of the complete CMV coat protein gene using specific primers as described by Rizos et al. (1). A fragment of the coat protein was amplified and subsequently digested with MspI to reveal a pattern of two fragments (336 and 538 bp), indicating CMV subgroup II. No evidence of mixed infection with CMV subgroup I was obtained when CMV isolates representing subgroups I (PV-0419) and II (PV-0420), available at the DSMZ Plant Virus Collection, were used as controls. Only CMV subgroup I has been found to predominantly infect tomato in the Indian subcontinent, although Verma et al. (2) identified CMV subgroup II infecting Pelargonium spp., an ornamental plant. To our knowledge, this is the first report of CMV subgroup II infecting tomato crops in India. References: (1) H. Rizos et al. J. Gen. Virol. 73:2099, 1992. (2) N. Verma et al. J. Biol. Sci. 31:47, 2006.


Plant Disease ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 86 (9) ◽  
pp. 1052-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Gebre-Selassie ◽  
B. Delecolle ◽  
P. Gognalons ◽  
O. Dufour ◽  
C. Gros ◽  
...  

In summer 2000, symptoms similar to Pelargonium zonate spot virus (PZSV) were observed for the first time on tomato plants in southeastern France. The plants were from commercial glasshouse fresh-market crops. Symptoms observed were chlorotic mottling with bright yellow distinct rings on leaves and curved line patterns on stems. Fruit symptoms included chlorotic and necrotic spotting, marked concentric ring patterns, and distortions. Diagnosis was made from symptomatic leaves and fruits by mechanical inoculation on a set of host plants. Local chlorotic and necrotic lesions were observed on Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. quinoa, Cucumis sativus cv. Marketer, Cucumis melo cv. Vedrantais, Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Pinto, Vicia faba cv. D'Aguadulce, Vigna unguiculata cv. Black Eye, and systemic symptoms were observed on Capsicum annuum cvs. Yolo Wonder, Yolo Y, Florida VR2, and Criollo de Morelos 334, Datura stramonium, Lycopersicon esculentum cvs. Momor and Stevens, L. hirsutum (PI 134417 and PI 247087), Nicotiana benthamiana, N. clevelandii, N. tabacum cv. Xanthi nc, Ocimum basilicum cv. Latino, Petunia hybrida cv. Rose du ciel, and Physalis floridana. No reaction was observed on Pisum sativum cv. Douce Provence, Salvia splendens cv. Etna, or Zinnia elegans cv. Liliput. Symptoms on tomato of PZSV, Parietaria mottle virus (PMoV), and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) are similar, particularly those elicited in fruits. Therefore, the field samples were checked using double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against antisera of the type-strain of PZSV and tomato strain of PMoV and their homologous antigenes, which were supplied by D. Gallitelli and P. Roggero respectively, and our antiserum of TSWV. Electron microscopy of negatively stained preparations from leaves of tomato and D. stramonium showed that the sap contained very few paraspheric shaped particles, 26 to 29 nm in diameter. Three isolates collected from two different regions (Vaucluse and Bouches du Rhône) showed a very close serological relationship with the Italian type-strain of PZSV and tested negative against antisera of PMoV and TSWV. The French isolates were biologically different from the type-strain, but were similar to the Spanish strain of PZSV because they infected D. stramonium, N. benthamiana, O. basilicum, and V. unguiculata (2). Moreover, in transverse tissue sections, virions were not observed in the nucleus and tubular structures, unlike the Italian isolates, (1) but were present in the cytoplasm and particularly in the mesophyll cells. There are only a few records of the occurrence and distribution of PZSV in Mediterranean countries. References: (1) M. A Castellano and G. P Martelli. Phytopathol. Mediterr. 20:64, 1981. (2) M. Luis-Arteaga. Plant Dis. 84:807, 2000.


Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Sabra ◽  
Mohammed Ali Al Saleh ◽  
I. M. Alshahwan ◽  
Mahmoud A. Amer

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is the most economically important member of family Solanaceae and cultivated worldwide and one of the most important crops in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study is screening of the most common viruses in Riyadh region and identified the presence of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in Saudi Arabia. In January 2021, unusual fruit and leaf symptoms were observed in several greenhouses cultivating tomatoes commercially in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. Fruit symptoms showed irregular brown spots, deformation, and yellowing spots which render the fruits non-marketable, while the leaf symptoms included mottling, mosaic with dark green wrinkled and narrowing. These plants presented the symptoms similar to those described in other studies (Salem et al., 2015, Luria et al., 2017). A total 45 Symptomatic leaf samples were collected and tested serologically against suspected important tomato viruses including: tomato chlorosis virus, tomato spotted wilt virus, tomato yellow leaf curl virus, tomato chlorotic spot virus, tomato aspermy virus, tomato bushy stunt virus, tomato black ring virus, tomato ringspot virus, tomato mosaic virus, pepino mosaic virus and ToBRFV using Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test (LOEWE®, Biochemica, Germany), according to the manufacturers' instructions. The obtained results showed that 84.4% (38/45) of symptomatic tomato samples were infected with at least one of the detected viruses. The obtained results showed that 55.5% (25/45) of symptomatic tomato samples were found positive to ToBRFV, three out of 25 samples (12%) were singly infected, however 22 out of 45 (48.8%) had mixed infection between ToBRFV and with at least one of tested viruses. A sample with a single infection of ToBRFV was mechanically inoculated into different host range including: Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. quinoa, C. album, C. glaucum, Nicotiana glutinosa, N. benthamiana, N. tabacum, N. occidentalis, Gomphrena globosa, Datura stramonium, Solanum lycopersicum, S. nigrum, petunia hybrida and symptoms were observed weekly and the systemic presence of the ToBRFV was confirmed by RT-PCR and partial nucleotide sequence. A Total RNA was extracted from DAS-ELISA positive samples using Thermo Scientific GeneJET Plant RNA Purification Mini Kit. Reverse transcription-Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was carried out using specific primers F-3666 (5´-ATGGTACGAACGGCGGCAG-3´) and R-4718 (5´-CAATCCTTGATGTG TTTAGCAC-3´) which amplified a fragment of 1052 bp of Open Reading Frame (ORF) encoding the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). (Luria et al. 2017). RT-PCR products were analyzed using 1.5 % agarose gel electrophoresis. RT-PCR products were sequenced in both directions by Macrogen Inc. Seoul, South Korea. Partial nucleotide sequences obtained from selected samples were submitted to GenBank and assigned the following accession numbers: MZ130501, MZ130502, and MZ130503. BLAST analysis of Saudi isolates of ToBRFV showed that the sequence shared nucleotide identities ranged between 98.99 % to 99.50 % among them and 98.87-99.87 % identity with ToBRFV isolates from Palestine (MK881101 and MN013187), Turkey (MK888980, MT118666, MN065184, and MT107885), United Kingdom (MN182533), Egypt (MN882030 and MN882031), Jordan (KT383474), USA (MT002973), Mexico (MK273183 and MK273190), Canada (MN549395) and Netherlands (MN882017, MN882018, MN882042, MN882023, MN882024, and MN882045). To our knowledge, this is the first report of occurrence of ToBRFV infecting tomato in Saudi Arabia which suggests its likely introduction by commercial seeds from countries reported this virus and spread in greenhouses through mechanical means. The author(s) declare no conflict of interest. Keywords: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, tomato, ELISA, RT-PCR, Saudi Arabia References: Luria N, et al., 2017. PLoS ONE 12(1): 1-19. Salem N, et al., 2015. Archives of Virology 161(2): 503-506. Fig. 1. Symptoms caused by ToBRFV showing irregular brown spots, deformation, yellowing spots on fruits (A, B, C) and bubbling and mottling, mosaic with dark green wrinkled and narrowing on leaf (D).


Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (12) ◽  
pp. 1290-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Golnaraghi ◽  
N. Shahraeen ◽  
R. Pourrahim ◽  
Sh. Ghorbani ◽  
Sh. Farzadfar

During the summers of 1999 and 2000, 3,110 soybean (Glycine max) leaf samples were randomly collected from soybean fields in the Ardebil, Goletan, Khuzestan, Lorestan, and Mazandaran provinces of Iran. Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) was detected in leaf samples by TSWV-specific polyclonal antibody (As-0526 and As-0580, DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany) in double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA). Mechanical inoculation of 26 plant species (10 plants per species) and cultivars with extracts of positive leaf samples produced necrotic local lesions in Beta vulgaris, Chenopodium quinoa, C. amaranticolor, Gomphrena globosa, Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Talash, Vicia faba, and Vigna unguiculata cv. Mashad; produced systemic chlorosis followed by necrosis in Datura stramonium, D. metel, Nicotiana rustica, N. tabacum cv. Samsun, N. glutinosa, N. bentamiana, and Glycine max cv. Hill; and produced chlorosis, stunting, and bud necrosis in Arachis hypogaea (peanut). Plants developing these symptoms following mechanical inoculation with extracts from original soybean leaves were positive in ELISA for TSWV. ELISA results indicate that the overall incidence of TSWV on soybean in the five provinces was 5.4%. TSWV has been reported in potato (2) and tomato (1) from Iran, but to our knowledge, this is the first report of the occurrence of TSWV on soybean in Iran. References: (1) K. Bananej et al. Iran. J. Plant Pathol. 34:30, 1998. (2) R. Pourrahim et al. Plant Dis. 85:442, 2001.


Plant Disease ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
pp. 1331-1331 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Fisher ◽  
M.-C. Sanchez-Cuevas ◽  
S. T. Nameth ◽  
V. L. Woods ◽  
C. W. Ellett

Eryngium amethystinum (amethyst sea holly) is a herbaceous plant commonly grown as an ornamental perennial in U.S.D.A. hardiness zones 3 to 8. The plant thrives in dry areas with infertile soils and the flowers are often used in dried floral arrangements. Canna spp. (Canna), soft perennials (U.S.D.A. zone 9 and above), are becoming popular flowering plants because of their bright flowers and spectacular foliage. There are a variety of species that fall under the heading Canna spp., of which the most popular are C. glauca, C. indica, C. edulis, and C. iridiflora. Hybrids of Aquilegia (garden columbine), a hardy perennial (U.S.D.A. zones 3 to 9), flower in late spring through early summer. The genus is made up of a wide variety of cultivars. E. amethystinum exhibiting severe mosaic, yellowing, and stunting, along with Canna plants exhibiting severe stunting, chlorotic and distorted foliage, and mosaic, and garden columbine plants exhibiting stunting, leaf curl, chlorosis, and mosaic, collected from commercial plantings throughout the central Ohio area, were analyzed for the presence of virus infection with viral-associated, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) analysis. dsRNA analysis resulted in a banding profile typical of that seen with members of the cucumovirus family of plant viruses. Plants positive for cucumovurus-like dsRNA were tested with a direct antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). ELISA results confirmed the presence of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in all symptomatic plants tested. No evidence of dsRNA or CMV was found in any of the asymptomatic plants tested. Because all of these hosts are common in the perennial garden, they could serve as a reservoir host of CMV for other plants in the garden. This is the first report of CMV in E. amethystinum, Canna spp., and Aquilegia hybrids in Ohio.


Plant Disease ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bousalem ◽  
S. Dallot

Naturally infected Dioscorea alata plants showing mild mosaic were collected in 1998 on the island of Martinique in the Caribbean. Isolates were first screened by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with monoclonal antibodies raised against Yam mosaic virus (YMV) and antigen-coated plate ELISA with universal potyvirus monoclonal antibodies (Agdia, Elkhart, IN). A positive reaction was obtained only with the universal potyvirus antiserum. Immunocapture reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was performed for specific detection of Yam mild mosaic virus (YMMV [3]) and YMV. A product with the predicted size of 249 bp was obtained with YMMV primers. YMMV is a recently recognized distinct potyvirus infecting D. alata in West Africa and the South Pacific (2–4). It was originally described as Yam virus I and is synonymous with Dioscorea alata virus (4). To characterize the YMMV Martinique isolate, total RNA was extracted, and universal potyvirus degenerate primers (1) were used to amplify a 700-bp fragment that included the core and C-terminal region of the coat protein (CP) and 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR). Sequence information generated (EMBL AJ250336) from the cloned fragment was compared with sequences of other yam potyviruses. Sequence comparisons of the partial CP (453 nt) showed a similarity of 94.6% (amino acids [aa]) with the YMMV isolate from Papua New Guinea (EMBL AB022424 [2]); 72.2% (aa) with the Japanese yam mosaic virus (JYMV) isolate (EMBL AB016500); and 67 to 73% (aa) with 27 YMV isolates. These sequences are most diverse in the 3′UTR, which showed a similarity of 72.8% with the YMMV Papua New Guinea isolate, 30% with the JYMV isolate, and 26% with the YMV isolates. These results confirm, as previously shown by S. Fuji et al. (2), that YMMV should be classified as a new potyvirus of yam. This is the first report of the natural occurrence of YMMV in the Caribbean. References: (1) Colinet et al. Phytopathology 84:65, 1994. (2) S. Fuji et al. Arch Virol. 144:1415, 1999. (3) R. A. Munford and S. E. Seal. J. Virol. Methods 69:73, 1997. (4) B. O. Odu et al. Ann. Appl. Biol. 134:65, 1999.


Plant Disease ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (10) ◽  
pp. 1162-1162 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Segundo ◽  
F. M. Gil-Salas ◽  
D. Janssen ◽  
G. Martin ◽  
I. M. Cuadrado ◽  
...  

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is grown on approximately 1,500 ha in commercial greenhouses and is of major economic importance in the Souss-Massa Region, Agadir, Morocco. Since October 2003, symptoms resembling a viral disease, consisting of pod mosaic and distortion and mild to severe mosaic in leaves, have been observed on bean plants in several greenhouses. Mechanical inoculation with symptomatic leaf extracts produced necrotic local lesions on P. vulgaris ‘Pinto’ and systemic symptoms similar to those observed in the naturally infected bean plants P. vulgaris ‘Donna’ (five plants per cultivar). Inoculated and naturally infected samples reacted positively using a double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) to Southern bean mosaic virus (SBMV) (DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany), a member of the Sobemovirus genus that is transmitted by contact, soil, beetles, and seeds (1). Virions purified from a naturally infected ‘Donna’ plant contained a 30-kDa polypeptide that reacted positively using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blot analysis with SBMV antiserum (DSMZ). Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction amplification with SMBV primers as described by Verhoeven et al. (2) produced an expected 870-bp band. The amplicon was cloned, sequenced (GenBank Accession No. AJ748276), and compared to those isolates available in GenBank and had a nucleotide sequence identity of 87% and a derived amino acid sequence identity of 95% with an SBMV isolate from Spain (2). During a survey in different areas of the Souss-Massa Region, 20 symptomatic leaf and pod samples were randomly collected from 12 greenhouses (50 ha) where significant commercial losses were suffered because of this virus disease, and all samples were positive using DAS-ELISA for SBMV. To our knowledge, this is the first report of SBMV in Morocco. References: (1) J. H. Tremaine and R. I. Hamilton. Southern bean mosaic virus. No. 274 in: Descriptions of Plant Viruses. CMI/AAB, Kew, Surrey, England, 1983. (2) J. Th. J. Verhoeven et al. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 109:935, 2003.


1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Mércia Barradas ◽  
Fernando J. Sanhueza Salas ◽  
Ivan P. González Buitrón

Quatro isolados do vírus do mosaico da berinjela (EMV - "eggplant mosaic virus" - grupo tymovírus) foram armazenados a partir de extratos foliares de hospedeiras com sintomas sistêmicos. Os virus EMV-Al (isolado de Abelia), EMV-Sc (isolado da Escócia), -ts (estirpe-padrão) e VNBT (vírus da necrose branca do tomateiro), que induzem sintomas em Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. murale, C. quinoa (Família Chenopodiaceae) Datura stramonium, Lycopersicon esculentum e Nicotiana glutinosa (Solanaceae), foram conservados em extratos destas plantas, à temperatura ambiente, em geladeira e em congelador. A infectividade dos vírus, em diferentes períodos de armazenamento, foi testada em plantas de datura e glutinosa, para se determinar a longevidade in vitro. Constatou-se que, quando guardados em baixas temperaturas,os extratos preservam por mais tempo a infectividade dos vírus. No caso de datura e glutinosa, por exemplo, resultados positivos foram obtidos até 413 e 282 dias de armazenamento, respectivamente, em congelador. Entretanto, com relação às espécies de Chenopodium testadas, mesmo alguns extratos recém-preparados conduziram a resultados negativos, confirmando a presença de inibidores de infecção viral nestas plantas. Das três espécies, é sugerida a utilização apenas de C.quinoa para o preparo de extratos visando preservar estes vírus e, assim mesmo, por um período relativamente curto (entre 53 e 80 dias). A avaliação geral dos resultados mostra que, para os tymovírus estudados neste trabalho, é possível conservar a infectividade através da técnica de armazenamento de extratos foliares de plantas sistemicamente infectadas.


Plant Disease ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (8) ◽  
pp. 908-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ll. Martínez-Priego ◽  
M. C. Córdoba ◽  
C. Jordá

For several years, in ornamental nurseries in the Mediterranean area of Spain, stunting and yellow leaf spotting have been observed in young plants of Lavandula officinalis. Symptoms eventually disappeared as the plants matured. During the summer of 2003, the number of plantlets affected and the intensity of symptoms increased significantly. Symptomatic plants tested positive using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Phyto-Diagnostics, INRA, France) for the presence of Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV). ELISA results were verified using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Total RNA extracts from symptomatic plants were analyzed using primers designed specifically for the coat protein region of AMV utilizing sequence data from GenBank Accession No. AF215664: AMVcoat-F: GT GGT GGG AAA GCT GGT AAA and AMVcoat-R: CAC CCA GTG GAG GTC AGC ATT. The thermocycling schedule was as follows: reverse transcriptase step at 50°C for 30 min, first PCR cycle at 94°C for 2 min, 35 cycles each of 30 s at 94°C, 30 s at 54°C, 30 s at 72°C, followed by a final extension at 72°C for 10 min. A 700-pb PCR product of the expected size was obtained from plants that were positive for AMV using ELISA. The two systems provide for rapid detection of AMV in L. officinalis. A regular screening program will assist in providing virus-free plants to ornamental nurseries. These results demonstrate the presence of AMV in L. officinalis. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a typical source of AMV. However, because the nurseries where L. officinalis is grown are not in the vicinity of alfalfa fields, we suggest the source of the infection originated in the propagation material. AMV has currently been reported in L. officinalis only in Italy and France (1). To our knowledge, this is the first report of AMV in L. officinalis in Spain. Reference: (1): A. Garibaldi et al. Ed. Edagricole-Edisioni Agricole della Calderini s.r.l., Bologna, 2000.


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