scholarly journals Distribution and Transmission of Iris yellow spot virus

Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (8) ◽  
pp. 838-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kritzman ◽  
M. Lampel ◽  
B. Raccah ◽  
A. Gera
Keyword(s):  
Frankliniella Occidentalis ◽  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Onion Thrips ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Nucleocapsid Gene ◽  
Thrips Species ◽  
Mother Plants ◽  
Thrips Population

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), a new tospovirus associated with a disease in onion (Allium cepa) that is known to growers in Israel as “straw bleaching,” was identified and further characterized by host range, serology, electron microscopy, and molecular analysis of the nucleocapsid gene. The transmissibility of IYSV by Thrips tabaci and Frankliniella occidentalis was studied. IYSV was efficiently transmitted by T. tabaci from infected to healthy onion seedlings and leaf pieces. Two biotypes of F. occidentalis, collected from two different locations in Israel, failed to transmit the virus. Surveys to relate the incidence of thrips populations to that of IYSV were conducted in onion fields. They revealed that the onion thrips T. tabaci was the predominant thrips species, and that its incidence was strongly related to that of IYSV. Forty-five percent of the thrips population collected from IYSV-infected onion and garlic fields in Israel transmitted the virus. IYSV was not transmitted to onion seedlings from infected mother plants through the seed, and was not located in bulbs of infected plants.

scholarly journals First Report of Iris yellow spot virus in Spiny Sowthistle (Sonchus asper) in the United States

Plant Disease ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 91 (11) ◽  
pp. 1518-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nischwitz ◽  
R. D. Gitaitis ◽  
S. W. Mullis ◽  
A. S. Csinos ◽  
D. B. Langston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Insect Vector ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Nucleocapsid Gene ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Winter Crop ◽  
Reverse Primer

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) is a member of the genus Tospovirus in the family Bunyaviridae. Its known host range is very limited, and the currently known hosts include onion, leek, lisianthus, and alstroemeria (2). The virus is vectored by onion thrips (Thrips tabaci). Onion (Allium cepa) is grown as a winter crop in Georgia from September to April and is the only known host commercially grown in the region. However, the virus has been found across the onion-growing region in the state every year since its first occurrence during 2003 (3). Consequently, the virus must oversummer in other host(s) or its insect vector. Accordingly, samples of weeds were collected in the vicinity of onion fields and cull piles in the Vidalia region and tested for the presence of IYSV by a double-antibody sandwich (DAS)-ELISA (Agdia, Inc., Elkhart, IN). One of three nonsymptomatic spiny sowthistle samples tested positive by ELISA for IYSV. Total RNA was extracted from the leaf using the RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA) following the manufacturer's protocol. Two microliters were used for reverse transcription (RT)-PCR with the forward primer (5′-TCAGAAATCGAGAAACTT-3′) and reverse primer (5′-TAATTATATCTATCTTTCTTGG-3′) for the IYSV nucleocapsid gene (1). A band of the expected size (approximately 800 bp) was obtained and sequenced. The sequence from the sowthistle (GenBank Accession No. EU078327) matched IYSV sequences from Georgia and Peru in a BLAST search in GenBank (closest matches with Accession Nos. DQ838584, DQ838592, DQ838593, and DQ658242). This is to our knowledge, the first confirmed report of IYSV infecting spiny sowthistle. The distribution of IYSV in sowthistle and its role as an oversummering host for IYSV is currently an on-going study. References: (1) L. du Toit et al. Plant Dis. 88:222, 2004. (2) D. H. Gent et al. Plant Dis. 90:1468, 2006. (3) S. W. Mullis et al. Plant Dis. 88:1285, 2004.

scholarly journals Identification and Incidence of Iris yellow spot virus, a New Pathogen in Onion and Leek in Greece

Plant Disease ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 761-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. K. Chatzivassiliou ◽  
V. Giavachtsia ◽  
A. H. Mehraban ◽  
K. Hoedjes ◽  
D. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Polyclonal Antibodies ◽  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
N Gene ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Sequence Comparisons ◽  
Thrips Species ◽  
Field Samples ◽  
Das Elisa

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV; genus Tospovirus, family Bunyaviridae) is an emerging and serious pathogen affecting several Allium spp. worldwide (2). The virus causes straw-colored, chlorotic or necrotic lesions that coalesce, occasionally resulting in an extensive necrosis on onion (A. cepa L.) leaves. From February to June 2008, 530 onion and 439 leek (A. porum L.) leaf samples showing a variety of lesions were collected from different areas of Greece. All plants sampled were infested with Thrips tabaci Lindeman, the sole thrips species identified as the vector of this virus. Samples were analyzed by double-antibody sandwich (DAS)-ELISA using polyclonal antibodies against the N protein of IYSV (Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen Agricultural University). A higher percentage of onion samples than leek samples were infected, with IYSV detected in 36, 44, 23.7, 61.7, 10, 55, 15.3, and 9.4% of onion samples from the prefectures of Evros, Heraklion, Kavala, Magnissia, Pella, Rodopi, Thessaloniki, and Viotia, respectively, and in 5, 0, 0, 9.3, and 13% of leek samples from Evros, Heraklion, Magnissia, Pella, and Thessaloniki, respectively. No leek samples were tested from Kavala, Rodopi, and Viotia. Sap extracts from some positive samples were mechanically inoculated onto Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, and infected plants developed typical IYSV symptoms and were positive in DAS-ELISA, confirming transmission from the field samples. Viral RNA was extracted from ELISA-positive onion and leek samples and an ~800-bp amplicon was obtained from both hosts by reverse-transcription (RT)-PCR and N-gene primers derived from IYSV (IY1: 5′-CCCGAGGATCCATGGCTACCGTTAGGG-3′ and IY2: 5′-CCCGAGGATCCAAATTAATTATATCTATCTTTCTTGG-3′) (1). These amplicons were cloned and sequenced (GenBank Accession No. FJ785835) and nucleotide sequence comparisons showed a 98 to 99% identity with a Dutch isolate of IYSV (GenBank Accession No AF001387). The virus was transmitted among onion seedlings in the laboratory using a leek population of T. tabaci. Infected seedlings, as determined by DAS-ELISA, developed symptoms similar to those observed in the field samples. To our knowledge, this is the first report of IYSV in Greece; however, the virus seems already to be very well established. References: (1) I. Cortez et al. Phytopathology 88:1276, 1998. (2) D. Gent et al. Plant. Dis. 90:1468, 2006.

scholarly journals DETECCIÓN DEL IRIS YELLOW SPOT VIRUS EN EL CULTIVO DE CEBOLLA EN ZACATECAS, MÉXICO

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 971-978
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Velásquez-Valle ◽  
Manuel Reveles-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Frankliniella Occidentalis ◽  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
Das Elisa

El virus de la mancha amarilla del iris (IYSV) es la enfermedad viral de mayor importancia para los cultivos de ajo y cebolla en Zacatecas, México. A finales de mayo de 2010 se encontraron lesiones amarillentas en forma de diamante en hojas y tallo floral de plantas de cebolla en parcelas comerciales, localizados en los municipios de Loreto, Villa de Cos, Sain Alto, Villanueva, Calera de V. R. y Enrique Estrada pertenecientes al estado de Zacatecas. La prueba DAS-ELISA mostró resultados positivos para este virus en las muestras procedentes de diferentes municipios. Thrips tabaci el único vector conocido del IYSV se encontró en las parcelas comerciales muestreadas, aunque la presencia de Frankliniella occidentalis también fue reconocida en una parcela comercial de cebolla, cuyas muestras resultaron positivas a IYSV. No se encontró diferencia entre la altura, número de hojas, peso y diámetro de bulbo de plantas sin lesiones y aquellas con diferente número de lesiones de IYSV.

Evaluation of Onion Germplasm for Resistance to Iris Yellow Spot (Iris yellow spot virus) and Onion Thrips,Thrips tabaci

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. O. Boateng ◽  
H. F. Schwartz ◽  
M. J. Havey ◽  
K. Otto
Keyword(s):  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Onion Thrips ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Onion Germplasm

scholarly journals Importance of Transplanted Onions Contributing to Late-Season Iris yellow spot virus Epidemics in New York

Plant Disease ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 102 (7) ◽  
pp. 1264-1272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Leach ◽  
Marc Fuchs ◽  
Riley Harding ◽  
Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris ◽  
Brian A. Nault
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Onion Thrips ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Direct Seeded ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) is an economically significant tospovirus of onion transmitted by onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman). IYSV epidemics in onion fields are common in New York; however, the role of various habitats contributing to viruliferous onion thrips populations and IYSV epidemics is not known. In a 2-year field study in New York, the abundance of dispersing onion thrips, including those determined to be viruliferous via reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, was recorded in habitats known to harbor both IYSV and its vector. Results showed that viruliferous thrips were encountered in all habitats; however, transplanted onion sites accounted for 49 to 51% of the total estimated numbers of viruliferous thrips. During early to midseason, transplanted onion sites had 9 to 11 times more viruliferous thrips than the other habitats. These results indicate that transplanted onion fields are the most important habitat for generating IYSV epidemics in all onion fields (transplanted and direct-seeded) in New York. Our findings suggest that onion growers should control onion thrips in transplanted fields early in the season to minimize risk of IYSV epidemics later in the season.

scholarly journals Geographical Distribution and Survival of Iris yellow spot virus in Spiny Sowthistle, Sonchus asper, in Georgia

Plant Disease ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 96 (8) ◽  
pp. 1165-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nischwitz ◽  
R. Srinivasan ◽  
S. Sundaraj ◽  
S. W. Mullis ◽  
B. McInnes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thrips Tabaci ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Onion Thrips ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Sonchus Asper ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Weed Survey

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) has occurred in Georgia since 2003. IYSV is transmitted by onion thrips, Thrips tabaci. During a weed survey in the Vidalia onion-growing zone (VOZ), spiny sowthistle (Sonchus asper) was identified as a host for IYSV. Spiny sowthistle is widespread in Georgia, and this presented an opportunity to study the natural spread of IYSV and assess its potential role in IYSV epidemiology. From 2007 to 2009, during the spring season, 2,011 sowthistle samples were collected from various counties within and outside the VOZ. The samples were tested for IYSV infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. IYSV sequences from sowthistle were 98 to 99% identical to onion IYSV sequences from onion originated from Georgia. By the third year, IYSV-infected sowthistle plants were found in 79% of the counties in the VOZ and in 61% of the sampled counties in all directions, except to the east of the VOZ. Furthermore, thrips-mediated transmission assays confirmed that T. tabaci can efficiently transmit IYSV from onion to sowthistle. Sowthistle also supported T. tabaci survival and reproduction. These findings demonstrate that sowthistle plants can serve as an IYSV inoculum source and as a thrips reservoir.

scholarly journals First Report of Iris yellow spot virus on Onion (Allium cepa) in Texas

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 1359-1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Miller ◽  
R. R. Saldana ◽  
M. C. Black ◽  
H. R. Pappu
Keyword(s):  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
N Gene ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Analysis ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Onion Thrips ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Das Elisa ◽  
Bulb Yield

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV; family Bunyaviridae, genus Tospovirus) has emerged as a potentially devastating and widespread virus of onion. IYSV was first reported in the United States from Idaho in 1993 and has since spread to many of the onion-producing areas (1). In South America, the most recent reports of the virus on onion were from Peru and Chile (2,4). In 2005, onion plants in Uvalde County, Texas exhibited necrotic lesions on leaves typical of IYSV and disease incidence approached 100% in some fields with yield loss and quality problems. Five of six plants tested were positive for IYSV with double antibody sandwich-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA; Agdia Inc., Elkhart, IN). In 2006, similar lesions were observed on onion plants in Uvalde County and approximately 400 km south in Hidalgo and Cameron counties. Infection points generally started as a single plant near the edge of fields and spread to plants in a 3- to 4-m area after 1 to 2 weeks. Early-season disease incidence was low in onions grown for bulbs and transplants, <10% in 2006. Disease incidence increased in some fields until the crop was harvested. Leaves of symptomatic plants were tested for IYSV and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) using DAS-ELISA, and 18 of 23 samples from the Hidalgo County area and 12 of 21 samples from the Uvalde County area were positive for IYSV. All samples tested for TSWV from these counties were negative. Virus infection in some ELISA-positive plants was verified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using primers derived from the small RNA of IYSV. The primers flanked the IYSV nucleocapsid (N) gene (5′-TAA AAC AAA CAT TCA AAC AA-3′ and 5′-CTC TTA AAC ACA TTT AAC AAG CAC-3′ (3). RT-PCR gave a PCR product of expected size (approximately 1.2 kb). The DNA amplicon was cloned and sequenced (GenBank Accession No. DQ658242). Nucleotide sequence analysis confirmed the identity of the amplicon as that of IYSV N gene and sequence comparisons with known IYSV N gene sequences showed 95 to 98% sequence identity. The primary vector of IYSV, onion thrips (Thrips tabaci), is a widespread and destructive pest of onion in south Texas. The year-to-year incidence of IYSV and the severity of the disease will probably depend on the onion thrips population levels. Bulb yield reduction could be severe during years with high thrips populations. More research is needed to determine the impact of IYSV on bulb yield in Texas, the relationship between IYSV incidence and T. tabaci population levels, and oversummering hosts. To our knowledge, this is the first known report of IYSV in Texas. References: (1) D. H. Gent et al. Plant Dis. 88:446, 2004, (2) S. W. Mullis et al. Plant Dis. 90:377, 2006, (3) H. Pappu et al. Arch. Virol. 151:1015, 2006. (4) M. Rosales et al. Plant Dis. 89:1245, 2005.

scholarly journals Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Iris yellow spot virus and Thrips in Colorado Onion Fields

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard F. Schwartz ◽  
David H. Gent ◽  
Scott M. Fichtner ◽  
Rajiv Khosla ◽  
Linda A. Mahaffey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Ph ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Iris Yellow Spot Virus ◽  
Yellow Spot ◽  
Onion Thrips ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Sodium Percent

Iris yellow spot virus and its onion thrips vector (Thrips tabaci) are yield limiting pests of onion in the western United States. This two-year project investigated the relationship of iris yellow spot to thrips populations, soil properties, and grower management practices in six onion fields during 2005 and 2006 in Colorado. Thrips density (average number of thrips per plant per day) was negatively associated with soil pH (r = -0.61). The incidence of iris yellow spot at harvest was positively associated with organic matter, zinc, potassium, percent sodium, percent hydrogen, copper, iron, and soil pH. Thrips-days had a clear non-linear association with disease incidence at harvest. Onion plant population was positively associated with levels of iron, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc; and negatively associated with calcium, salts, percent potassium, and cation exchange capacity (CEC). Marketable (medium or larger sized bulbs) yield was negatively associated with phosphorus and percent potassium, and positively associated with salts, calcium, and CEC. Results from this project could contribute to the development of a risk index to predict potential risk from Iris yellow spot virus and its onion thrips vector. Accepted for publication 6 July 2010. Published 20 August 2010.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document