scholarly journals First Report of Tomato spotted wilt virus in Common Agapanthus

Plant Disease ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Wilson ◽  
A. J. Wilson ◽  
S. J. Pethybridge
Keyword(s):  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
Protein Gene ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
First Report ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Nucleocapsid Protein Gene ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Wilt Virus ◽  
Line Patterns ◽  
Leaf Symptoms

Common agapanthus (Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis), native to South Africa, is a popular ornamental flowering bulb species belonging to the Amaryllidaceae and is commonly found in residential gardens. Roots from some Agapanthus sp. also are used in traditional medicine in Africa. Common agapanthus collected from a residential property in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, showed leaf symptoms of concentric ring and line patterns, irregular chlorotic blotches, and streaks. Symptomatic plants were severely stunted and failed to flower. Symptomatic leaves prematurely senesced, but young foliage subsequently produced was symptomless. Similar symptoms have been reported in other members of the Amaryllidaceae and are associated with infection by Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV; e.g., Nerine and Hippeastrum spp.) or Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV; e.g., Hippeastrum sp.) (2). The presence of TSWV and absence of CMV in symptomatic plants of common agapanthus was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Confirmation of TSWV infection was provided by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay with primers specific to the nucleocapsid protein gene of TSWV, with nucleic extracts from symptomatic plants producing an expected ≈800-bp amplicon (1). This is the first report of TSWV infection of any species within the Amaryllidaceae in Australia and the first report of the occurrence of TSWV in common agapanthus. References: (1) R. K. Jain et al. Plant Dis. 82:900, 1998. (2) G. Loebenstein et al. 1995. Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Bulb and Flower Crops. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, U.K.

scholarly journals First Report of Tomato spotted wilt virus in Blackberry Lily in North America

Plant Disease ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Adkins ◽  
L. Breman ◽  
C. A. Baker ◽  
S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
South Florida ◽  
N Gene ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
First Report ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Wilt Virus

Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.) is an herbaceous perennial in the Iridaceae characterized by purple-spotted orange flowers followed by persistent clusters of black fruit. In July 2002, virus-like symptoms including chlorotic ringspots and ring patterns were observed on blackberry lily leaves on 2 of 10 plants in a south Florida ornamental demonstration garden. Inclusion body morphology suggested the presence of a Tospovirus. Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) was specifically identified by serological testing using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Agdia, Elkhart, IN). Sequence analysis of a nucleocapsid (N) protein gene fragment amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with primers TSWV723 and TSWV722 (1) from total RNA confirmed the diagnosis. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of a 579 base pair region of the RT-PCR product were 95 to 99% and 95 to 100% identical, respectively, to TSWV N-gene sequences in GenBank. Since these 2-year-old plants were grown on-site from seed, they were likely inoculated by thrips from a nearby source. Together with a previous observation of TSWV in north Florida nursery stock (L. Breman, unpublished), this represents, to our knowledge, the first report of TSWV infection of blackberry lily in North America although TSWV was observed in plants of this species in Japan 25 years ago (2). References: (1) S. Adkins, and E. N. Rosskopf. Plant Dis. 86:1310, 2002. (2) T. Yamamoto and K.-I. Ohata. Bull. Shikoku Agric. Exp. Stn. 30:39, 1977.

scholarly journals First Report of Tomato spotted wilt virus on Soybean in Iran

Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (12) ◽  
pp. 1290-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Golnaraghi ◽  
N. Shahraeen ◽  
R. Pourrahim ◽  
Sh. Ghorbani ◽  
Sh. Farzadfar
Keyword(s):  
Glycine Max ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
Chenopodium Quinoa ◽  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Mechanical Inoculation ◽  
First Report ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Soybean Leaves ◽  
Wilt Virus

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.

scholarly journals First Report of Tomato spotted wilt virus in Soybean (Glycine max) in Georgia

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nischwitz ◽  
S. W. Mullis ◽  
R. D. Gitaitis ◽  
A. S. Csinos
Keyword(s):  
Glycine Max ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
The United States ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
First Report ◽  
Nucleocapsid Gene ◽  
Fta Cards ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Wilt Virus

Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is a member of the family Bunyaviridae and has a wide host range including important crops such as tomato, pepper, tobacco, peanut, and onion. In areas of Georgia, soybean (Glycine max) is double cropped between two onion crops and as a rotation crop with peanuts. Soybeans do not show any TSWV symptoms, and therefore, have not been tested on a large scale for the virus. However, because symptomless weed and crop plants provide a reservoir for TSWV and the thrips vectors (2), a survey was conducted during the summer of 2005 to evaluate the occurrence of TSWV in soybean. The survey took place in seven counties in southern Georgia with field sizes ranging between 0.4 and 20 ha (1 and 50 acres). Soybean cultivars included Haskell, DP7220, DP6770, Pioneer 97B52, and Vigoro V622NRR. Of 848 randomly selected plants tested using the double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) (Agdia, Inc., Elkhart, IN), 6.6% tested positive for TSWV. Plants testing positive ranged from seedling to the pod-setting stages. Leaves and roots of several plants tested positive, indicating a systemic infection. Soybean plants testing positive using ELISA were blotted onto FTA cards (Whatman Inc., Brentford, UK) to bind viral RNA for preservation, and the blotted samples were processed according to the manufacturer's protocol. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using punch-outs from the FTA cards and TSWV nucleocapsid gene specific forward and reverse primers (5′-TTAAGCAAGTTCTGTGAG-3′ and 5′-ATGTCTAAGGTTAAGCTC-3′), respectively (4), confirmed the identity of TSWV. TSWV has been found in soybean in other parts of the world (1) but has only been reported in the United States in a survey from Tennessee (3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the occurrence of TSWV in soybean in Georgia. The role soybean plays as a reservoir or green bridge for thrips and TSWV is currently unknown. References: (1) A. R. Golnaraghi et al. Plant Dis. 88:1069, 2004. (2) R. L. Groves et al. Phytopathology 91:891, 2001. (3) B. S. Kennedy and B. B. Reddick. Soybean Genet. Newsl. 22:197, 1995. (4) H. R. Pappu et al. Tob. Sci. 40:74, 1996.

scholarly journals First Report of Tomato spotted wilt virus in Leek (Allium porrum) in the United States

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nischwitz ◽  
S. W. Mullis ◽  
R. D. Gitaitis ◽  
A. S. Csinos ◽  
S. M. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
The United States ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Allium Porrum ◽  
First Report ◽  
Nucleocapsid Gene ◽  
Fta Cards ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Wilt Virus

Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is a member of the family Bunyaviridae. It has many important crop hosts including tomato, pepper, tobacco, peanut, and onion. In Georgia, Vidalia onions (Allium cepa), a close relative of leek, can be infected by TSWV and Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), which is another thrips-vectored tospovirus (2). For this reason, samples of leek transplants with virus-like symptoms in one field at the border of Georgia and Florida were tested for the presence of TSWV and IYSV. The transplants had been grown from seed in a greenhouse at the same location. The sampled plants exhibited extended bleaching of leaf tips and necrotic lesions. These symptoms were also seen on onion plants infected with TSWV and IYSV. The only natural infections of leek with IYSV have been reported thus far only from Reunion Island (4) and Slovenia (1), but to our knowledge, TSWV has not been reported as a pathogen of leek. Green tissue near the necrotic lesions and bleached tips of one symptomatic leaf per plant was sampled and analyzed using a double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) (Agdia, Inc., Elkhart, IN). Of 90 plants tested, eight were positive for TSWV and none were positive for IYSV. Leek samples testing positive using ELISA were blotted onto FTA cards (Whatman Inc., Brentford, UK) to bind viral RNA for preservation and then processed according to the manufacturer's protocol. Punch-outs from the FTA cards were used for reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with the TSWV-specific forward primer (5′-TTAAGCAAGTTCTGTGAG-3′) and reverse primer (5′-ATGTCTAAGGTTAAGCTC-3′) (3) to confirm the identity of TSWV. The primers are specific to the viral nucleocapsid gene. An amplicon of the expected size (774 bp) was produced from TSWV ELISA-positive leek plants, but not from healthy controls. TSWV has been found in many plants worldwide, but to our knowledge this is the first report of TSWV infecting leek. The effect that TSWV has on leek production is currently unknown. References: (1) D. A. Benson et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 1:32 (Database issue):D23-6, 2004. (2) S. W. Mullis et al. Plant Dis. 88:1285, 2004. (3) H. R. Pappu et al. Tob. Sci. 40:74, 1996. (4) I. Robène-Soustrade et al. Online publication. New Dis. Rep. 11, 2005.

scholarly journals First Report of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus on Potatoes in Iran

Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pourrahim ◽  
Sh. Farzadfar ◽  
A. A. Moini ◽  
N. Shahraeen ◽  
A. Ahoonmanesh
Keyword(s):  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
Chenopodium Quinoa ◽  
Plant Viruses ◽  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Leaf Extracts ◽  
Systemic Necrosis ◽  
First Report ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Wilt Virus

Severe leaf and stem necrosis before flowering was observed in potato (Solanum tuberosum) fields of Firouzkoh Province, Iran, during the summer of 1998. Infected plants died before the end of the growing season. Necrosis was more severe in cv. Agria than in cvs. Ajaxs and Arinda. A high population of Thrips tabaci was observed in August and September. Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) (1) was detected in affected potatoes by using specific TSWV-IgG (from Bioreba) in double-antibody sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and by indicator plant reactions. Mechanical inoculation of indicator plants with leaf extracts of symptomatic potatoes produce necrotic local lesions in Chenopodium quinoa, C. amaranticolor, Gomphrena globosa, Vicia faba, Vigna sinensis, Phaseolus aureus var. Gohar, P. vulgaris, and Petunia hybrida. The virus caused systemic necrosis in Capsicum frutescens, Datura stramonium, D. metel, Nicotiana glutinosa, N. rustica, and Trapaeolum majus, preceded by systemic chlorotic spots. TSWV was reported from ornamental crops in Tehran and Absard areas near to Firouzkoh province (2), but this is the first report of TSWV occurrence on potatoes in Iran. References: (1) T. S. Ie. Descriptions of Plant Viruses. No. 39, 1970. (2) A. A. Moeini, et al. Iran. J. Plant Pathol. (In press.)

scholarly journals Evaluation of peanut genotypes for resistance to Tomato spotted wilt virus by mechanical and thrips inoculation

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 937-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Cordeiro do Nascimento ◽  
Viboon Pensuk ◽  
Nivânia Pereira da Costa ◽  
Francisco Miguel de Assis Filho ◽  
Gilvan Pio-Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Mechanical Inoculation ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Breeding Lines ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Ic 10 ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Wilt Virus

The objective of this work was to evaluate the reactions of three peanut breeding lines (IC-10, IC-34, and ICGV 86388) to Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) by mechanical and thrips inoculation, under greenhouse conditions, and compare them to the reactions of cultivars SunOleic, Georgia Green, and the breeding line C11-2-39. TSWV infection by mechanical inoculation was visually assessed using an index ranging from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (apical death). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to confirm TSWV infection from both mechanical and thrips inoculations. IC-10, IC-34, ICGV 86388, and C11-2-39 were more resistant than the cultivars SunOleic and Georgia Green based on mechanical inoculation. Upon thrips inoculation only IC-34 and ICGV-86388 were infected by TSWV, as demonstrated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), although no symptoms of infection were observed. The peanut breeding lines IC-10, IC-34, and ICGV 86388 show higher level of resistance to TSWV than cultivar Georgia Green considered a standard for TSWV resistance.

scholarly journals First Report of Oidium sp. Powdery Mildew and Tomato spotted wilt virus on Melampodium divaricatum

Plant Disease ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (10) ◽  
pp. 1152-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Holcomb ◽  
R. A. Valverde
Keyword(s):  
Powdery Mildew ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
First Report ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Leaf Surfaces ◽  
The Family ◽  
Wilt Virus

Melampodium divaricatum (Rich. ex Pers.) DC. (=M. paludosum H.B.K.), a member of the family Asteraceae and native to South America, is a recent introduction for use as a summer bedding ornamental. In September 1999, melampodium plants in multiple Baton Rouge landscapes were observed with signs of powdery mildew and symptoms of a virus-like disease. Powdery mildew spread throughout one of the plantings by late November and infected flowers and leaves. An Oidium species sporulated on both leaf surfaces but was more common on the adaxial surface. Ellipsoid conidia were produced in chains, lacked fibrosin bodies, and averaged 31 × 19 µm. No sexual stage was observed. Eight of 63 plants (cv. Derby) in one of the plantings showed virus disease symptoms that included severe leaf mosaic, leaf malformation, and stunting. Leaves from infected plants were used to sap inoculate seedling plants of melampodium and Nicotiana benthamiana. Melampodium seedlings developed typical mosaic symptoms after 48 to 56 days. N. benthamiana developed severe chlorosis and mosaic, then wilted and died after 14 days. Noninoculated plants of both species remained healthy. The virus in both plant species was identified as Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Agdia, Elkhart, IN). ELISA tests for presence of Impatiens necrotic spot virus were negative. This is the first report of powdery mildew and TSWV on M. divaricatum.

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