scholarly journals First Report of Banana mild mosaic virus Isolated from Plantains (Musa AAB) in Colombia

Plant Disease ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 87 (9) ◽  
pp. 1150-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Reichel ◽  
A. K. Martínez ◽  
J. A. Arroyave ◽  
R. Sedano ◽  
F. J. Morales ◽  
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Plantains (Musa AAB) are important sources of food and income for millions of people in Colombia and other developing countries. Colombia is the largest producer of plantains (2) and the third largest exporter of bananas in the world. In 2001, plants of ‘Dominico-Hartón’ plantain showing mild chlorotic streak symptoms were observed in northwestern Colombia. Electron microscopy of symptomatic tissue extracts revealed the presence of filamentous virus-like particles approximately 800 nm long. Immunocapture reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction was performed to test for the presence of Banana mild mosaic virus (BanMMV) as described by J. E. Thomas (unpublished, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia) and Sharman et al. (3). For polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the upstream primer No. 193 (5′-CAC TTA GGT TTG TGT GAT GT-3′) (designed in this study by using the computer Program DNAMAN Version 4.13) and the downstream primer Poty1 (5′-GGA TCC CGG GTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT V-3′) (1,3; J. E. Thomas, unpublished, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia) were used. Amplification products of the expected size (approximately 900 bp) were obtained and sequenced after cloning in a pCR2.1 plasmid vector. Analyses of nucleic acid sequences using the international sequence databases and the BLAST program yielded nucleotide and amino acid sequence similarities of 80 to 83% and 90 to 92%, respectively, with an Australian isolate of BanMMV (GenBank Accession No. AF314662). The coat protein (CP) gene of the Colombian BanMMV isolate consists of 717 nucleotides. When the CP of the Colombian BanMMV isolates (GenBank Accession Nos. AY319331, AY319332, and AY319333) was compared with the CP of the Australian isolate, a highly variable region was observed in the N-terminus region. To our knowledge, this is the first report of BanMMV isolated from plantains in Colombia and the presence of molecular variability in the CP of BanMMV isolates. BanMMV has been found in Colombia associated with Banana streak virus and Cucumber mosaic virus in plantain. References: (1) A. Gibbs and A. Mackenzie. J. Virol.Methods 63:9, 1997 (2) N. S. Price. Infomusa 8(2):26, 1999. (3) M. Sharman et al. J. Virol. Methods 89:75, 2000.

Plant Disease ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
pp. 1129-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Krause-Sakate ◽  
A. S. Jadão ◽  
A. C. Firmino ◽  
M. A. Pavan ◽  
F. M. Zerbini ◽  
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Sequiviruses are isometric aphidborne plant viruses. Dandelion yellow mosaic virus (DaYMV), genus Sequivirus, was isolated from dandelion and lettuce in Europe. Lettuce mottle virus (LeMoV), a putative sequivirus, is often found in mixed infections with Lettuce mosaic virus (LMV) in Brazil (3). DaYMV, LeMoV and LMV cause similar mosaics in field-grown lettuce. Differences in biology and sequence suggest that DaYMV and LeMoV are distinct species (2). Forty-two and 101 lettuce samples with mosaic symptoms collected from two locations near Santiago during a survey of lettuce viruses in Chile in 2002 and 2003, respectively, were analyzed for the presence of LeMoV using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Total RNA was extracted (1) and used for RT-PCR with the specific LeMoV primers pairs Lmo3 (5′ ACATGAGCACTAGTGAGG 3′) and Lmo4 (5′ AGATAGAGCCGTCT GGCG 3′) (2). One of the 42 and three of the 101 samples produced the expected 300-bp fragment. Isometric particles of 30 nm diameter, typical of a sequivirus, were visualized by transmission electron microscopy. These samples were tested using RT-PCR for the presence of LMV and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), but no mixed infections were observed. One isolate, Ch36, was reamplified with the degenerate primer pairs DALE 1 (5′ GARTTCAACATGCACGCCAG 3′) and DALE 2 (5′ TTTTTCTCCCCATYCGTCAT 3′) which amplify part of the putative replicase gene (2) and produced a 563-bp fragment that was cloned on pGEM-T Easy (Promega, Madison, WI) and sequenced. The Ch36 product (EMBL Accession No. AM039965) showed 97% amino acid identity with LeMoV from Brazil, 79% with DaYMV, 72% with the sequivirus Parsnip yellow fleck virus, and 34% with the waikavirus Maize chlorotic dwarf virus. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a sequivirus in field lettuce in Chile, and although the virus was found at low incidence, this report extends the range of LeMoV to the western side of the Cordillera de Los Andes. The impact of LeMoV needs to be further analyzed in Chile, Brazil, and possibly other South American countries. References: (1) Y. D. Bertheau et al. DNA amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 1998. In: Methods for the Detection and Quantification of Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica on potatoes. M. C. N. Perombelon and J. M. van der Wolff, eds. Scott. Crop Res. Inst. Occasional Publ., Dundee, 1998. (2) A. S. Jadão. Caracterização parcial e desenvolvimento de oligonucleotídeos específicos para detecção de sequivirus infectando alface. Ph.D. thesis. FCA-UNESP-Botucatu, Brazil, 2004. (3) O. Stangarlin et al. Plant Dis. 84:490, 2000.


Plant Disease ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 693-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. T. Kouadio ◽  
T. A. Agneroh ◽  
C. De Clerck ◽  
P. Lepoivre ◽  
M. H. Jijakli

Plantain (Musa sp., genomic group AAB) is an important crop for millions of the world's poorest people. In Ivory Coast, it is the second most consumed food and an important source of income for farmers. Between 2010 and 2011, a survey for viruses infecting plantain (AAB) was conducted in 10 major plantain-growing regions located in eastern (Abengourou), middle-western (Bouaflé, Daloa, Issia, Oumé, Sinfra, Zuenoula), central (Yamoussoukro), and southern (Aboisso, Gagnoa) Ivory Coast. Leaf samples showing yellow streaks or mild chlorotic streaks were collected and dried on CaCl2 for storage. A representative sample from each location was selected and tested for the presence of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV, genus Cucumovirus), Banana streak virus (BSV, genus Badnavirus), Banana mild mosaic virus (BanMMV, family Flexiviridae), and Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV, genus Potyvirus). Immunocapture (IC)-PCR was used for the detection of BSV while reverse transcription (RT)-PCR was used for the detection of CMV, BanMMV, and BBrMV. The following primers sets were used: BSV cl1 and BSV cl2 (1), CMV 3′ and CMV 5′ (3), BanMMV BanCP1 and BanCP2 (4), BBrMV Bract N2 and Bract NR (2). BanMMV was detected as mixed infections with BSV in the 10 tested samples, one of which also contained CMV. To confirm the identity of the amplification products from the BanMMV primers, one cDNA fragment was directly sequenced in the forward direction (Macrogen Inc., Seoul, South Korea). BLAST search in GenBank revealed that the partial coat protein (CP) sequence of the Ivorian isolate shared 80 to 88% nucleotides and 81 to 92% deduced amino acid similarities with BanMMV isolates. In contrast, partial CP sequence of the Ivorian isolate had less than 40% deduced amino acid sequence identity with other Flexiviridae CP sequence. The partial CP sequence of the Ivorian BanMMV isolate was deposited in GenBank under Accession No. JX014304. To further confirm the identification, all the samples were tested by plate trapped antigen (PTA)-ELISA with rabbit polyclonal antiserum specific to BanMMV (obtained from B. E. Lockhart, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.) and anti-rabbit IgG (Sigma-Aldrich, Belgium/A3687). The 10 samples reacted positive for BanMMV by ELISA. CMV and BSV have been reported in Ivory Coast, but to our knowledge, this is the first report of BanMMV in the country. The detection of BanMMV in association with BSV or CMV in mixed infection in 10 locations which are important plantain growing areas is a first step in the evaluation of the impact of virus diseases on plantain production in this country. References: (1) S. Dallot et al. Arch. Virol. 146:2182, 2001. (2) M.-L. Iskra-Caruana et al. J. Virol. Methods 153:224, 2008. (3) M. Sharman et al. J. Virol. Methods 89:77, 2000. (4) P.-Y. Teycheney et al. J. Gen. Virol. 86:3181, 2005.


Plant Disease ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (10) ◽  
pp. 1320-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Zou ◽  
J. Meng ◽  
Z. Li ◽  
M. Wei ◽  
J. Song ◽  
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Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are widely grown in China as vegetables and herbal medicine. However, studies on viral diseases on yams are still limited. As a pilot project of a government initiative for improving yam productivity, a small study was conducted in Guangxi, a southern province of China, on viral disease in yams. Incidence of virus-like disease for the three extensively grown D. alata cultivars, GH2, GH5, and GH6, were 12 to 40%, 12 to 29%, and 11 to 25%, respectively, as found in a field survey with a five-plot sampling method in 2010. A total of 112 leaf samples showing mosaic or mottling or leaves without symptoms were collected from the cvs. GH2, GH5, GH6, and seven additional cultivars (D. alata cvs. GY2, GY23, GY47, GY69, GY62, GY72, and D. batatas cv. Tiegun). To determine if the symptoms were caused by Yam mild mosaic virus (YMMV; genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae), total RNA was extracted from leaves with a commercial RNA purification kit (TIANGEN, Beijing, China), and reverse-transcription (RT)-PCR was conducted with a YMMV-specific primer pair (4) that amplifies the 3′-terminal portion of the viral genome. A PCR product with the predicted size of 262 bp was obtained from samples of GH5 (number testing positive of total number of leaves = 5 of 12), GH6 (24 of 42), and GY72 (1 of 1), but not from asymptomatic leaves. PCR products from a GH5 sample (YMMV-Nanning) and a GH6 sample (YMMV-Luzhai) were cloned and sequenced using an ABI PRISM 3770 DNA Sequencer. The two PCR products were 97% identical at nucleotide (nt) level and with the highest homology (89% identity) to a YMMV isolate (GenBank Accession No. AJ305466). To further characterize the isolates, degenerate primers (2) were used to amplify viral genome sequence corresponding to the C-terminal region of the nuclear inclusion protein b (NIb) and the N-terminal region of the coat protein (CP). These 781-nt fragments were sequenced and a new primer, YMMV For1 (5′-TTCATGTCGCACAAAGCAGTTAAG-3′) corresponding to the NIb region, was designed and used together with primer YMMV UTR 1R to amplify a fragment that covers the complete CP region of YMMV by RT-PCR. These 1,278-nt fragments were sequenced (GenBank Accession Nos. JF357962 and JF357963). CP nucleotide sequences of the YMMV-Nanning and YMMV-Luzhai isolates were 94% similar, while amino acid sequences were 99% similar. BLAST searches revealed a nucleotide identity of 82 to 89% and a similarity of 88 to 97% for amino acids to sequences of YMMV isolates (AF548499 and AF548519 and AAQ12304 and BAA82070, respectively) in GenBank. YMMV is known to be prevalent on D. alata in Africa and the South Pacific, and has recently been identified in the Caribbean (1) and Colombia (3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the natural occurrence of YMMV in China and it may have implications for yam production and germplasm exchange within China. References: (1) M. Bousalem and S. Dallot. Plant Dis. 84:200, 2000. (2) D. Colinet et al. Phytopathology 84:65, 1994. (3) S. Dallot et al. Plant Dis. 85:803, 2001. (4) R. A. Mumford and S. E. Seal. J. Virol. Methods 69:73, 1997.


Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wycliff M. Kinoti ◽  
Narelle Nancarrow ◽  
Alison Dann ◽  
Brendan C. Rodoni ◽  
Fiona E. Constable

One hundred Prunus trees, including almond (P. dulcis), apricot (P. armeniaca), nectarine (P. persica var. nucipersica), peach (P. persica), plum (P. domestica), purple leaf plum (P. cerasifera) and sweet cherry (P. avium), were selected from growing regions Australia-wide and tested for the presence of 34 viruses and three viroids using species-specific reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. In addition, the samples were tested using some virus family or genus-based RT-PCR tests. The following viruses were detected: Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) (13/100), Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) (1/100), Cherry green ring mottle virus (CGRMV) (4/100), Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus (CNRMV) (2/100), Cherry virus A (CVA) (14/100), Little cherry virus 2 (LChV2) (3/100), Plum bark necrosis stem pitting associated virus (PBNSPaV) (4/100), Prune dwarf virus (PDV) (3/100), Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) (52/100), Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) (9/100) and Peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd) (6/100). The results showed that PNRSV is widespread in Prunus trees in Australia. Metagenomic high-throughput sequencing (HTS) and bioinformatics analysis were used to characterise the genomes of some viruses that were detected by RT-PCR tests and Apricot latent virus (ApLV), Apricot vein clearing associated virus (AVCaV), Asian Prunus Virus 2 (APV2) and Nectarine stem pitting-associated virus (NSPaV) were also detected. This is the first report of ApLV, APV2, CGRMV, CNRNV, LChV1, LChV2, NSPaV and PBNSPaV occurring in Australia. It is also the first report of ASGV infecting Prunus species in Australia, although it is known to infect other plant species including pome fruit and citrus.


2016 ◽  
Vol 161 (4) ◽  
pp. 1079-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawit B. Kidanemariam ◽  
Adane D. Abraham ◽  
Amit C. Sukal ◽  
Timothy A. Holton ◽  
James L. Dale ◽  
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