Molecular breeding for virus resistant potato plants

To engineer resistance against potato virus X (PVX), the viral coat protein (CP) gene has been introduced into two potato cultivars. Stable expression of the gene in transgenic clones throughout the growing season has been obtained and resulted in considerably increased virus resistance. With varying frequencies depending on the original cultivar used, true-to-type PVX resistant transgenic clones have been obtained. Since deviant light sprout characteristics were invariably associated with aberrations in plant phenotype, they can be used in procedures to early screen for deviations. Furthermore, it has been possible to unequivocally discriminate between the original untransformed and independent transgenic cultivars. Although no relation has been found between the presence, if any, of the CP of potato virus Y (PVY) or potato leafroll virus (PLRV) in CP gene transgenic potato, appreciable levels of resistance to these viruses has been obtained. This suggests that the mechanism by which a viral CP gene in the potato genome evokes resistance, differs amongst various viruses.     

Transgenic potato plants expressing the potato virus X (PVX) coat protein gene developed resistance to the viral infection

The gene coding for potato virus X (PVX) coat protein (CP) was expressed in transgenic potato plants obtained byAgrobacterium tumefaciens transformation. One hundred independent clones were analyzed in challenge experiments for resistance to PVX infection under greenhouse conditions as a preliminary test. From this test, 16 clones with the best resistance results were selected for a small-scale field trial. Clones 54, 60, 73 and 91 demonstrated the best values of resistance to PVX in the field. Statistical analysis of the field trial showed significant differences between means of optical density obtained in ELISA from transgenic clones and non-transformed plants (P<0.05). There was correspondence between resistance to virus infection and expression of the CP gene of PVX virus in the analyzed clones. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Jan. 21, 2002. Corresponding author [e-mail: vivian.doreste@cigb.edu.cu].     

Breeding for viral resistance: conventional methods

Conventional breeding methods based primarily on the principles of Mendelian genetics have provided the basis for the majority of resistance to viruses in potato cultivars. This development of resistant cultivars has resulted from sexual hybridisation followed by selection of the best genetic recombinant. Selection is one of the most powerful tools available for crop improvement. Successful selection depends on reproducible genetic variability, ability to identify genetically superior individual plants or families, populations large enough to ensure the likely occurrence of rare genetic combinations, and the combination of resistance expression with commercial utility. Resistance to the major potato viruses namely potato virus A, potato virus M, potato virus S, potato virus X, potato virus Y and potato leafroll virus has been studied and selected for. A number of different types of resistance have been identified including (a) major gene resistance; (b) minor gene resistance; and (c) immunity. With the exception of potato leafroll virus, stable resistance to the other viruses has been achieved either singly or in combination in a range of potato cultivars. In addition for both potato leafroll virus and potato virus Y, the focus has been on the development of resistance to aphid transmission of the viruses.     

Further studies on resistance-breaking strains of potato virus X

A stock culture of isolate CP of potato virus X (PVX) maintained by serial subculture in plants of Nicotiana glutinosa was found to contain PVX strain group four in addition to the original strain group two. The group four strain was separated from the mixture by sap-inoculation to potato cultivars Maris Piper and Pentland Dell, both of which carry PVX hypersensitivity genes Nx and Nb , by graft-inoculation to Maris Piper and by sap-inoculation to cultivar Pentland Ivory which carries Nb but not Nx. Strain group four seemed to be a minor component of the strain mixture in N. glutinosa as few potato plants became infected with it when insusceptible plants were sap-inoculated or when sap inoculum was diluted 500 times. The group four strain passed readily through tubers of infected potato plants and was stable on serial sub-culture in N. glutinosa. When stock cultures of PVX group two isolates B and EX kept in N. glutinosa were tested on cultivar Pentland Dell, they also proved to be mixtures of group two and group four, indicating that spontaneous appearance of group four in cultures of group two strains may occur readily.
When group four strains derived from isolate CP and from PVX common strain isolate DX were graft-inoculated to many plants of cultivar Cara, which carries PVX immunity gene Rx , there was no evidence of selection of a strain like HB which overcomes this gene. In mixed infection with isolate DX, HB was still present after passage through two generations of progeny tubers of cultivar Pentland Crown which lacks any resistance genes, indicating that HB is a fully competitive strain.     

利用CRISPR/Cas13a编辑技术获得马铃薯抗PVX植株

为探究利用CRISPR/Cas13a系统获得抗马铃薯X病毒（potato virus X,PVX）马铃薯的可行性,通过设计靶向PVX中TGBp1基因的小向导RNA（small guide RNA,sgRNA）,构建CRISPR/Cas13a基因编辑载体,以马铃薯栽培种Désirée为受体材料进行稳定遗传转化,并通过机械摩擦接种法鉴定转基因植株对PVX的抗性。结果显示,成功构建了靶向PVX的PVX-Cas13a载体,并获得了表达Cas13a的转基因马铃薯植株,对其中3个高表达Cas13a的株系进行PVX抗性鉴定,发现在接种PVX 10~20 d后,转基因植株系统叶上无明显发病症状,且PVX积累量均显著低于未接种PVX对照。表明靶向PVX的CRISPR/Cas13a系统能够有效抑制该病毒的积累,这为马铃薯抗PVX育种提供了一条有效策略。     

利用RNA干扰介导抗病性获得兼抗四种病毒的转基因马铃薯

为获得兼抗马铃薯X病毒(Potato virus X,PVX)、马铃薯Y病毒(Potato virus Y,PVY)、马铃薯卷叶病毒(Potato leaf roll virus,PLRV)和马铃薯潜隐花叶病毒(Potato virus S,PVS)4种病毒的转基因马铃薯新材料,分别以这4种病毒全长CP基因为模板,通过设计PCR引物和亚克隆获得4种病毒CP基因相对保守区段的基因片段,并将其拼接成融合基因,以载体pHANNIBAL和pBI121为基础,构建RNA干扰(RNA interference,RNAi)载体,利用农杆菌介导的转基因体系进行马铃薯遗传转化,并对获得的转基因马铃薯进行病毒抗性检测。结果表明,所获得的融合基因片段RH1和RH2,酶切鉴定分别得到长度为1 200 bp的条带,与预期片段相符;构建了含pdk内含子和RH1、RH2融合基因的RNAi植物表达载体,经Bam H I/Sac I双酶切,获得长度约3 200 bp的片段,表明RNAi植物表达载体pBI121-pRH构建成功;转化易感病毒马铃薯品种陇薯11号,PCR检测和PCRSouthern杂交分析表明融合基因已整合到陇薯11号马铃薯基因组中;抗病性检测显示4株转基因马铃薯植株对4种病毒均免疫。表明利用RNAi可筛选出抗多种病毒的转基因马铃薯新种质。     

利用RNA介导的抗病性获得抗2种病毒的转基因烟草

 RNA介导的病毒抗性(RMVR)是近年发展起来的一种新的植物抗病毒基因工程策略,具有抗病性强、抗性持久、生物安全性高等特点。利用该策略培育多抗病毒植株具有广阔的应用前景和重要的实践意义。本研究将非翻译的马铃薯X病毒的衣壳蛋白(PVX-CP)基因和非翻译的马铃薯Y病毒的衣壳蛋白(PVY-CP)基因组成嵌合基因,构建植物表达载体pROKXY,利用农杆菌介导法转化烟草NC89,获得6株对PVX和PVY的混合侵染表现为免疫的转基因植株。分子分析表明,这种抗性为RNA介导的病毒抗性。这一研究结果为利用RMVR进行植物多抗病毒育种提供了重要数据和资料。     

Advances and prospects in potato virology with special reference to virus resistance

Knowledge of the nucleotide sequences in the genomic nucleic acid of several potato viruses has enabled the open reading frames to be identified. These open reading frames are expressed by a variety of strategies, to produce proteins with functions in virus nucleic acid replication, virus particle production, cell-to-cell transport of virus and virus transmission by vectors. The activity of such proteins depends on their interactions with other viral or non-viral materials.Several other biological properties of plant viruses can also be related to individual viral gene products. For example, in plants co-infected with a specific pair of unrelated viruses, one virus can benefit from an ability to use the gene product of the second virus in replication, cell-to-cell transport or transmission by vectors. Similarly, different host resistance genes are targeted against viral replicase, movement protein or coat protein. Thus it is becoming possible to relate gene-for-gene (or more accurately, viral gene domain-host gene) interactions to events at the molecular level. Genetically engineered resistance to plant viruses likewise can be targeted against individual viral genes, and probably also against viral regulatory sequences. Such transgenic resistance seems likely to be as durable as conventional host resistance but durability should be improved by producing plants with combinations of resistances of different kinds, either conventional or genetically engineered, or both.     

一个马铃薯X病毒分离物的外壳蛋白基因序列分析与株系鉴定

对山东省侵染马铃薯的一个马铃薯X病毒(PVX)分离物PVX—SD1的外壳蛋白(CP)基因进行了克隆和序列分析。以提纯的病毒RNA为模板，应用RT-PCR扩增目的基因，通过常规的基因克隆法将扩增的CP基因导入pUC19载体，测序。结果表明，PVX—SD1的CP基因长719bp，可编码248个氨基酸；与Gen—Bank中报道的15个有代表性的株系或分离物相比较，核苷酸同源性在80．1％-99．7％，氨基酸同源性在89．8％-100％；与欧洲株系UK3仅1个核苷酸不同，同源性为99．7％，氨基酸同源性达100％，表明它们可能为同一株系，属于X^3组．     

A coat protein transgene from a Scottish isolate of potato mop-top virus mediates strong resistance against Scandinavian isolates which have similar coat protein genes

Resistance tests were made on seedlings of transformed lines of Nicotiana benthamiana which contain a transgene encoding the coat protein (CP) gene of a Scottish isolate of potato mop-top virus (PMTV). This transgene has been reported to confer strong resistance to the PMTV isolate from which the transgene sequence was derived and also to a second Scottish isolate. Plants of lines of the transgenic N. benthamiana were as resistant to two Swedish and two Danish PMTV isolates as to a Scottish isolate, and of five lines tested, greater than 93.5% of transgenic plants were immune. The coat protein gene sequences of these four Scandinavian isolates were very similar to those of the two Scottish isolates. The greatest divergence between the isolates was three amino acid changes and there was less than 2% change in CP gene nucleotide sequence. It is concluded that the PMTV CP transgene used in these experiments could confer resistance against isolates from different geographical areas because it is becoming apparent that the CP genes of PMTV isolates are highly conserved.     

利用RNA介导的抗病性获得高度抗马铃薯Y病毒的转基因烟草

 以马铃薯Y病毒坏死株系(PVY^N)的RNA为模板,应用反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)方法,扩增出长度为801 bp的非翻译的马铃薯Y病毒外壳蛋白基因。将扩增的片段克隆到pBSK的BamHI和KpnI之间并进行了序列测定。用BamHI和KpnI从重组克隆载体上切下该基因并插入到质粒pROKII内得到植物表达载体pPVYCP。通过根癌农杆菌(LBA4404)介导的方法转化烟草NC89,经卡那霉素抗性筛选、PCR和Southern blot检测,获得82株转基因植株。Northern blot和Western blot分析表明,转基因植株只在RNA水平上得到了表达。抗病性试验表明转基因植株之间抗性水平存在着差异,其中有7株是对PVY^N高度抗病性的植株。转基因植株抗病特异性试验初步表明,对PVY^N表现高度抗病的植株对PVY^O也具有高度抗病性。     

二重RT-PCR快速检测马铃薯病毒的方法

本研究采用传统的蛋白酶K法和病毒RNA简易浸提法,从马铃薯块茎、茎干、叶梗、叶片中提取马铃薯X病毒,马铃薯Y病毒,马铃薯A病毒及马铃薯卷叶病毒RNA,并设计了4种马铃薯病毒引物,优化了二重RT-PCR反应条件,可以同步扩增出上述4种病毒,扩增产生的靶带分别为562bp(PVX)、480bp(PVY)、336bp(PLRV)、255bp(PVA).应用病毒RNA简易制样技术和优化的二重RT-PCR反应条件,可以同步快速检测田间自然感染的马铃薯病毒,此研究还可适合于检测马铃薯脱毒种薯及试管苗,对马铃薯病毒病早期监测有一定的作用.     

湖南省马铃薯病毒病发生情况调查

为了解湖南省马铃薯种薯质量和主要病毒病发生情况,2019年-2020年马铃薯秋作和冬作期间,对长沙、益阳、湘潭、澧临等马铃薯生产区的155个马铃薯样品,运用反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)和双抗体夹心酶联免疫吸附检测(DAS-ELISA)技术,筛查6种主要马铃薯病毒,包括马铃薯X病毒Potato virus X(PVX)、马铃薯Y病毒Potato virus Y(PVY)、马铃薯M病毒Potato virus M(PVM)、马铃薯S病毒Potato virus S(PVS)、马铃薯A病毒Potato virus A(PVA)、马铃薯卷叶病毒Potato leaf roll virus(PLRV)。检测结果表明:6种马铃薯病毒病在湖南均有不同程度的发生,单一和两种病毒复合感染植株占比最高,其次是3种病毒复合感染,存在极少数植株复合感染4～5种病毒病情况。在秋作马铃薯中,PVY检出率达到29.41%;PVS和PVA检出率均为27.94%;PVM、PVX、PLRV的检出率分别为20.59%、19.12%、17.65%。在冬作马铃薯中,PVX检出率最高,达到31.03%;其次是PLRV,...     

马铃薯4种病毒多重PCR检测体系的建立

我国马铃薯病毒主要有马铃薯Y病毒(PVY)、马铃薯X病毒(PVX)、马铃薯S病毒(PVS)、马铃薯卷叶病毒(PLRV),常发生复合侵染。根据GenBank中4种马铃薯病毒的外壳蛋白(coat protein,CP)基因全长设计引物,通过RT-PCR扩增得到4种病毒CP基因全长片段,测序结果显示序列同源性96%以上;针对4种病毒CP基因的保守序列分别设计引物,在一个PCR体系中同步对4种病毒进行扩增,得到421、202、516、330bp的特异性条带,优化建立了能同步检测PVY、PVX、PVS和PLRV的多重RT-PCR检测体系。检测结果证明优化后的多重RT-PCR体系能在田间样品中快速、高效地检测出4种病毒。     

浙江省马铃薯病毒病检测分析

马铃薯病毒病是影响马铃薯产量和品质的主要因素之一,其症状表现为花叶、黄化和卷曲等。2019年4月-5月,在浙江省湖州、杭州、绍兴、宁波、金华、台州和丽水等7个地市的主要马铃薯产区采集了具有典型病毒病症状的马铃薯样品,采用转录组测序和RT-PCR验证的方法进行病毒检测,共筛查并验证出6种马铃薯病毒,包括马铃薯X病毒Potato virus X(PVX)、马铃薯Y病毒Potato virus Y(PVY)、马铃薯S病毒Potato virus S(PVS)、马铃薯H病毒Potato virus H(PVH)、马铃薯M病毒Potato virus M(PVM)以及马铃薯奥古巴花叶病毒Potato aucuba mosaic virus(PAMV)。检测结果表明,在调查的这7个地市中每个地市都具有2种以上的病毒发生,其中PVH作为一种新鉴定的麝香石竹潜隐病毒属成员在除宁波以外的各地区都有发生;此外杭州市、湖州市以及绍兴市均检测出了PAMV。对检测到的PVS、PVH、PVM和PAMV外壳蛋白(coat protein,CP)序列进行系统发育分析表明,这些病毒均存在地域差异性。本研究为浙江省马铃薯病毒的防控奠定了重要基础。     

Virus recognition and pathogenicity: Implications for resistance mechanisms and breeding

The major method of control of virus diseases in crop plants is breeding for resistance. The genetics of resistance, and of matching virulence (the ability of a virus strain to overcome a specific host resistance gene) have been studied less for viruses than for fungal and bacterial pathogens. This paper draws on a survey of the genetics of resistance to a large number of viruses in cultivated crops, and makes some generalisations and predictions about mechanisms. Most resistance to viruses in crops is monogenic. Dominant alleles are associated with virus-localisation mechanisms, which are induced after infection. The nature of the ‘recognition event’ between plant- and virus-coded functions, which triggers resistance plus a cascade of secondary responses, is not yet known. Gene dosage-dependent alleles tend to be associated with non-localising resistance, which allows some virus spread, but inhibits multiplication. Recessive alleles may involve a negative type of resistance mechanism, whereby the resistant plant lacks some function normally required by the virus for pathogenesis. Such resistance tends to be expressed as complete immunity. Many resistance genes have been overcome by virulent isolates of viruses; only 10 % of the sample of resistance genes have proved exceptionally durable. Virulence may involve different viral functions. The production of infectious cDNA clones, and construction of chimaeric recombinants between clones of virulent and avirulent isolates, is now allowing detailed mapping of virulence determinants. Transformation of plants with ‘novel’ genes for virus resistance, based on coat proteins and viral satellites, may allow construction of more robust resistance systems.