scholarly journals First Report of Sugarcane Mosaic Virus in Zea mays L. in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
H. Snihur ◽  
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A. Kharina ◽  
M. Kaliuzhna ◽  
V. Chumak ◽  
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Maize viral diseases especially maize dwarf mosaic disease (MDMD), which is caused by potyviruses, lead to significant crop losses worldwide. Aim. The aim of this work was to identify the causal agent of mosaic symptoms, observed on maize plants during 2018—2020 in Kyiv region. Methods. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the DAS-ELISA modification using commercial Loewe Biochemica test systems for Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV), Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV), Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) were applied to identify the causal agent of maize disease in collected samples. Transmission electron microscopy was used in order to direct viral particle visualisation. Aphids, which are natural vectors of plant viruses, were found on diseased plants. Results. Plants with typical mosaic symptoms were observed in corn crops of the Kyiv region in early June 2018. The pathogen was transmitted by mechanical inoculation to maize and sweet maize plants with the manifestation of mosaic symptoms. Electron microscopy of the sap from diseased plants revealed the presence of flexible filamentous virions 750 nm long and 13 nm in diameter, typical for the genus Potyvirus. In August, mosaic symptoms and aphids Rhopalosiphum padi were found on previously healthy plants in the same maize crop. In 2020, in the same sown area, maize plants were free of viral infection during inspection in June, but a re-inspection in September revealed mosaic symptoms on maize crop and the presence of aphids in the leaf axils. The presence of SCMV in maize samples collected in June and August/September 2018 and 2020, as well as in inoculated maize and sweet maize plants, was confirmed by ELISA using a commercial test system. The obtained data allow suggesting that Rhopalosiphum padi is a natural vector of SCMV in agrocenoses of Ukraine. It should be noted that co-infection with MDMV and WSMV in the affected plants was not detected. Conclusions. This study presents the first report of SCMV in maize in Ukraine.

Plant Disease ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 93 (10) ◽  
pp. 1078-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Trzmiel

Maize (Zea mays) has become an important crop in Poland with a constant increase in crop acreage since the 1990s. In 2007, maize plants with characteristic leaf mosaic were observed in two locations in the Wielkopolska Region near Poznań and Krotoszyn. Ninety-two samples from plants showing leaf mosaic, some leaf discoloration, stunting, or no symptoms were collected and tested for Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV) and Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) by double-antibody sandwich (DAS)-ELISA (Bioreba, Basel, Switzerland). SCMV was detected only in three samples with distinct leave mosaic symptoms. Electron microscopy of leaf extracts revealed numerous potyvirus-like particles. Immuno-specific electron microscopy (ISEM) with the SCMV antiserum gave positive results for all three samples. Each virus isolate was propagated by mechanical inoculation on five varieties of dent maize and three varieties of sweet maize, cockspur grass (Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.), crab grass (Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.), and green bristle-grass (Setaria viridis (L.) P.B.). Leaf mosaic appeared 4 to 5 days postinoculation. ELISA detected all three isolates in the symptomless hosts of oat (Avena sativa L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and triticale (Triticale). The three isolates induced local leaf necrosis on sorghum (Sorghum vulgare L.), in which the virus occurred in low concentrations as determined by ELISA so infections of sorghum plants were confirmed by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR) with primers PS/PSC (1). Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), true millet (Panicum miliaceum L.), and wind grass (Agrostis spica-venti (L.) P.B.) were not susceptible (2). Using the total RNA extracted with the RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) from leaves of inoculated maize plants, a one step RT-PCR (Qiagen) amplified a ~800-bp cDNA fragment of the coat protein gene with SCMV-specific primers PS/PSC (1). Six cDNA clones were sequenced for each isolate. Nucleotide sequences of the 823-bp cDNA clones of isolates SCMV-P1 and P2 (GenBank Accession Nos. EU761241 and EU761242, respectively) were 99% identical and each was 92% identical to the sequence of SCMV-P3 (FJ376609). The clones of SCMV-P1 and SCMV-P2 shared 99, 98, 90, and 87% nucleotide sequence identity with two German SCMV isolates (X981697 and X98168), a Spanish isolate (AM110759), the UT6 isolate from Thailand (AY630923), and the Nancheng isolate (EU346720) from China, respectively. The SCMV-P3 sequence was 98, 94, 92, 89, and 92% identical to the Mx isolate from Mexico (AY195610), a Bulgarian SCMV isolate (AJ006201), the German Seehausen (X98166) and Borsdorf (X98167) isolates, the SC-UD1 (DQ647661), the KL – Co86032 (DQ866744) isolates from Thailand and India, and the Chinese Nanchang (EU346720) and Pengze2 (EU346718) isolates, respectively. In 2008, SCMV was again detected by ELISA in mixed infections with MDMV in samples from the Wielkopolska Region, but only sporadically, and the virus is considered not to be important economically in maize production in Poland. References: (1) J. X. Jiang and X. P. Zhou. Arch. Virol. 147:2437, 2002. (2) D. M. Persley. Page: 1204 in: Viruses of Plants. Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 1996.


Plant Disease ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Gonzalez Segnana ◽  
M. Ramirez de Lopez ◽  
A. P. O. A. Mello ◽  
J. A. M. Rezende ◽  
E. W. Kitajima

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is cultivated mainly in the central region of the Departamento de San Pedro in Paraguay from October to February and the seed are exported to Asia. The crop is grown on 100,000 ha annually and Escoba blanca is the most common cultivar. The crop plays an important socioeconomical role since it is cultivated mostly by small growers. A disease characterized by yellowing and curling down leaves and shortening of the internodes has been observed in almost all sesame-growing areas. It is referred to locally as “ka'are” because the affected sesame plant resembles Chenopodium ambrosioides L. This disease occurred occasionally and was of marginal importance prior to 2005, but during the last five growing seasons the disease incidence has increased substantially, with some growers losing the entire crop. To determine the causal agent, symptomatic leaf samples were collected from five commercial fields near Colonia San Pedro and Choré, Departamento San Pedro in December 2009. Preliminary transmission electron microscopy (TEM; Zeiss EM900) of extracts from symptomatic leaves revealed the presence of elongated flexible particles resembling a potyvirus. Mechanical transmission assays resulted in chlorotic local lesions on C. quinoa and C. amaranticolor, mosaic on Vigna unguiculata and Nicotiana benthamiana, and symptoms on sesame that are similar to those observed in the field. The disease could also be reproduced in sesame by aphid (Myzus persicae) transmission in a nonpersistent manner. TEM examination of leaf sections of these naturally or experimentally infected plants showed the presence of the type I cylindrical inclusions and masses of filamentous particles. Leaf extracts of naturally or experimentally infected sesame and test plants were positive for Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV) on the basis of plate-trapped antigen (PTA)-ELISA. CABMV as the causal agent of “ka'are” disease of sesame in Paraguay was further confirmed by analyzing part of the nucleotide sequence of CABMV coat protein and 3′ nontranslated region that were obtained directly from reverse transcription-PCR product amplified with PV1-antisense primer (5′-gatttaggtgacactatagt17-3′) and WCIEN-sense primer (5′-atggtttggtgyatygaraat-3′) (1,2). Comparisons of the 676-bp nucleotide sequence of two sesame virus isolates (GenBank Accession Nos. HQ336402 and HQ336403) revealed 92% identity with the corresponding nucleotide sequence of CABMV available in the GenBank (Accession No. AF348210). Thus, all the assays indicated that the “ka'are” disease of sesame in Paraguay is caused by an isolate of CABMV. Several cowpea fields, nearby sesame diseased crops, also contained plants exhibiting mosaic symptoms. Transmission assays, electron microscopy, PTA-ELISA, and nucleotide sequence analysis indicated that they were also infected by CABMV and may play an important role in the epidemiology of this disease on sesame. CABMV isolates from passion fruit and cowpea from Brazil were mechanically transmitted to sesame but induced milder symptoms. CABMV-infected sesame was described in the United States (3), but to our knowledge, this is the first report of a severe disease on sesame caused by this virus in Paraguay. References: (1) A. Gibbs and A. Mackenzie. J. Virol. Methods 63:9, 1997. (2) L. D. C. Mota et al. Plant Pathol. 53:368, 2004. (3) H. R. Pappu et al. Arch. Virol. 142:1919, 1997.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1922
Author(s):  
Ramila Mammadova ◽  
Immacolata Fiume ◽  
Ramesh Bokka ◽  
Veronika Kralj-Iglič ◽  
Darja Božič ◽  
...  

Plant-derived nanovesicles (NVs) have attracted interest due to their anti-inflammatory, anticancer and antioxidative properties and their efficient uptake by human intestinal epithelial cells. Previously we showed that tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit is one of the interesting plant resources from which NVs can be obtained at a high yield. In the course of the isolation of NVs from different batches of tomatoes, using the established differential ultracentrifugation or size-exclusion chromatography methods, we occasionally observed the co-isolation of viral particles. Density gradient ultracentrifugation (gUC), using sucrose or iodixanol gradient materials, turned out to be efficient in the separation of NVs from the viral particles. We applied cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the morphological assessment and LC–MS/MS-based proteomics for the protein identification of the gradient fractions. Cryo-TEM showed that a low-density gUC fraction was enriched in membrane-enclosed NVs, while the high-density fractions were rich in rod-shaped objects. Mass spectrometry–based proteomic analysis identified capsid proteins of tomato brown rugose fruit virus, tomato mosaic virus and tomato mottle mosaic virus. In another batch of tomatoes, we isolated tomato spotted wilt virus, potato virus Y and southern tomato virus in the vesicle sample. Our results show the frequent co-isolation of plant viruses with NVs and the utility of the combination of cryo-TEM, SEM and proteomics in the detection of possible viral contamination.


2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Cesar Gonçalves ◽  
Diogo Manzano Galdeano ◽  
Ivan de Godoy Maia ◽  
César Martins Chagas

O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar biológica e molecularmente três isolados de Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) de lavouras de milho, analisá-los filogeneticamente e discriminar polimorfismos do genoma. Plantas com sintomas de mosaico e nanismo foram coletadas em lavouras de milho, no Estado de São Paulo e no Município de Rio Verde, GO, e seus extratos foliares foram inoculados em plantas indicadoras e submetidos à análise sorológica com antissoros contra o SCMV, contra o Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV) e contra o Johnsongrass mosaic virus (JGMV). Mudas de sorgo 'Rio' e 'TX 2786' apresentaram sintomas de mosaico após a inoculação dos três isolados, e o DAS-ELISA confirmou a infecção pelo SCMV. O RNA total foi extraído e usado para amplificação por transcriptase reversa seguida de reação em cadeia de polimerase (RT-PCR). Fragmentos específicos foram amplificados, submetidos à análise por polimorfismo de comprimento de fragmento de restrição (RFLP) e sequenciados. Foi possível discriminar os genótipos de SCMV isolados de milho de outros isolados brasileiros do vírus. Alinhamentos múltiplos e análises dos perfis filogenéticos corroboram esses dados e mostram diversidade nas sequências de nucleotídeos que codificam para a proteína capsidial, o que explica o agrupamento separado desses isolados e sugere sua classificação como estirpes distintas, em lugar de simples isolados geográficos.


1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 821-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Edwardson ◽  
D. E. Purcifull ◽  
R. G. Christie

Particles within lesions of leaf tissue infected with either tobacco necrosis virus (TNV) or southern bean mosaic virus (SBMV) were compared with particles in embedded pellets of purified preparations of these viruses by an examination of thin sections. The mode of the diameters of particles in tissues and pellets was 20.5 mµ.It is assumed that the particles in infected tissues are virus particles on the basis of their similarities in size, shape, and arrangement with the particles in purified preparations.


Genome ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1274-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongzhong Xing ◽  
Christina Ingvardsen ◽  
Raphael Salomon ◽  
Thomas Lübberstedt

The gene action of 2 sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) resistance loci in maize, Scmv1 and Scmv2, was evaluated for potyvirus resistance in an isogenic background. All 4 homozygous and 5 heterozygous isogenic genotypes were produced for introgressions of the resistant donor (FAP1360A) alleles at both loci into the susceptible parent (F7) genetic background using simple sequence repeat markers. For SCMV and maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV), virus symptoms appeared rapidly in the 3 homozygous genotypes, with susceptibility alleles fixed at 1 or both loci. Although the 9 isogenic genotypes revealed a high level of resistance to Zea mosaic virus (ZeMV), the same 3 homozygous genotypes were only partially resistant. This indicates that 1 resistance gene alone is not sufficient for complete resistance against SCMV, MDMV, and ZeMV. Scmv1 showed strong early and complete dominant gene action to SCMV, but it gradually became partially dominant. Scmv2 was not detected at the beginning, showing dominant gene action initially and additive gene action at later stages. Both genes interacted epistatically (for a high level of resistance, at least 1 resistance allele at each of both loci is required). This implies that double heterozygotes at the 2 loci are promising for producing SCMVresistant hybrids. Results are discussed with respect to prospects for isolation of SCMV and MDMV resistance genes.


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.


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