Aphid Abundance on Cereals in Autumn Predicts Yield Losses Caused by Barley yellow dwarf virus

ABSTRACT Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) damage to winter cereals and population dynamics of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi during fall were monitored in fields during 10 years at various locations in the northern half of France. Logistic regression was used to examine whether a simple risk probability algorithm based only on the autumnal population dynamics of R. padi can accurately predict yield losses caused by BYDV and, therefore, the need for insecticide treatment. Results showed that the area under the curve of the percentage of plants infested by R. padi during autumn was highly significantly related to BYDV yield losses. Then, a cost/benefit analysis was performed to estimate the optimal decision threshold resulting in the lowest annual average costs of BYDV damage and control. A "model use" strategy allowed a reduction in the annual average costs of BYDV disease and control of up to 36% when compared with a "prophylactic spraying" strategy. The optimal decision threshold was highly sensitive to variation in disease prevalence. This property was used to propose an easy way to adapt the model to any production situation through the determination of the most accurate decision threshold.     

Barley yellow dwarf virus in ryegrass and its detection by ELISA

The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) effectively detected PAV- and MAV-like strains of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) in ryegrass. MAV-like BYDV was found in a large proportion of ryegrass plants with foliar symptoms. There was a poor association between foliar symptoms and PAV-like virus, which occurred with similar frequency in plants with and without symptoms. By August 1982, plots of perennial, Italian and hybrid ryegrass sown at Auchincruive in 1980 were extensively infected with PAV- and MAV-like strains of BYDV. Tests on samples from 1981- and 1982-sown plots in August 1983 also indicated early invasion by BYDV. Infection levels of 7–80% were found in 13 commercial crops of perennial ryegrass surveyed near Auchincruive in May 1983. PAV-like BYDV occurred with greater frequency than did MAV-like strains of the virus.     

Analyzing and Modeling Temporal Disease Progress of Barley yellow dwarf virus Serotypes in Barley Fields

ABSTRACT Population dynamics of Padi avenae (PAV), Macrosiphum avenae (MAV), and Rhopalosiphum padi (RPV) virus serotypes of Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) and of their main aphid vectors were studied in winter barley (Hordeum vulgare) fields for three successive years in western France. An epidemiological model of the spread of viruses in the field was developed based on vector populations as forcing variables and the population dynamics of each virus serotype. This model accurately simulated the kinetics of the epidemic for PAV serotypes, which are the most common ones. For RPV and to some extent for MAV, the results were less satisfactory. The occurrence and spread of PAV and MAV serotypes in the field was clearly and easily related to that of their main vector species. Conversely, the spread of RPV serotypes showed no consistent relationships with the dynamics of their vectors. Incidence of PAV in 1989 to 1990 and 1990 to 1991 showed a bimodal distribution, with maximums in fall (December) and spring (May) that were linked to fall infestations by R. padi and spring infestations by three (R. padi, Sitobion avenae, and Metopolophium dirhodum) or two (S. avenae and M. dirhodum) aphid species. In 1991 to 1992, the PAV infection curve was monomodal and mainly due to a primary spread of the virus by very large populations of alate R. padi. MAV incidence was low in fall and winter and reached a maximum in spring 1990 and 1991 related to the occurrence of S. avenae and M. dirhodum. RPV incidence was low every year, despite the abundance of its vector, R. padi. Mixed infections were more frequent than expected by chance and were assumed to be partly related to heterologous encapsidation. The occurrence of each serotype is discussed in relation to the time of crop infection and possible damage.     

感染大麦黄矮病毒的小麦中vsiRNA特征分析

 RNA沉默是植物中一种保守的抗病毒机制,其以大量病毒来源的小干扰RNA(virus-derived small interfering RNAs,vsiRNAs)的产生为标志,病毒在侵染寄主过程中可通过vsiRNAs靶向寄主转录本以对抗这种防御机制。BYDV-GAV引起的小麦黄矮病导致小麦黄化和矮化症状,对小麦生产构成严重威胁。通过深度测序技术,分析了感染BYDV-GAV的感病小麦品种‘小偃6号’中vsiRNAs的特征,共得到11 384个vsiRNAs,并预测到37 784个寄主靶基因。发现来源于BYDV-GAV基因组的正义和反义链的vsiRNAs的数量分布大致相等,在5’末端具有A和C偏好性,长度主要在21nt~22nt。靶基因的功能分析表明这些靶基因参与了广泛的生物学功能,尤其是在寄主-病原物互作中占的比重最大。选取25个参与寄主-病原互作的抗性相关基因进行定量验证,发现接种BYDV-GAV后有15个明显下调,6个上调,4个微弱下调,表明测序结果和靶基因预测可靠。推测BYDV-GAV可以通过vsiRNAs干扰寄主抗性基因表达和信号转导,从而实现对感病寄主的侵染。研究结果对揭示BYDV-GAV与小麦互作的分子机制具有重要意义。     

感染大麦黄矮病毒的小麦中vsiRNA特征分析

 RNA沉默是植物中一种保守的抗病毒机制,其以大量病毒来源的小干扰RNA(virus-derived small interfering RNAs,vsiRNAs)的产生为标志,病毒在侵染寄主过程中可通过vsiRNAs靶向寄主转录本以对抗这种防御机制。BYDV-GAV引起的小麦黄矮病导致小麦黄化和矮化症状,对小麦生产构成严重威胁。通过深度测序技术,分析了感染BYDV-GAV的感病小麦品种‘小偃6号’中vsiRNAs的特征,共得到11 384个vsiRNAs,并预测到37 784个寄主靶基因。发现来源于BYDV-GAV基因组的正义和反义链的vsiRNAs的数量分布大致相等,在5’末端具有A和C偏好性,长度主要在21nt~22nt。靶基因的功能分析表明这些靶基因参与了广泛的生物学功能,尤其是在寄主-病原物互作中占的比重最大。选取25个参与寄主-病原互作的抗性相关基因进行定量验证,发现接种BYDV-GAV后有15个明显下调,6个上调,4个微弱下调,表明测序结果和靶基因预测可靠。推测BYDV-GAV可以通过vsiRNAs干扰寄主抗性基因表达和信号转导,从而实现对感病寄主的侵染。研究结果对揭示BYDV-GAV与小麦互作的分子机制具有重要意义。     

Yield Effects of Barley yellow dwarf virus in Soft Red Winter Wheat

ABSTRACT Three cultivars of soft red winter wheat were evaluated to determine the relationship between the incidence and time of infection by Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) and yield. Wheat was planted in 1995, 1996, and 1997 in a split-plot design with six replicates at sites in Indiana and Illinois. Yield plots were infested with different amounts of viruliferous aphids, and the incidence of BYDV in each plot was measured. In a 2-year study in Illinois with cv. Clark and the PAV-IL isolate of BYDV, yields were assessed following aphid infestation in fall, early spring, and late spring. Early spring infections resulted in larger yield reductions than late spring infections in both years and larger than fall infections in one year. Regression analyses to relate incidence of infection and yield with data from fall and early spring infections provided R(2) values of 0.89 and 0.51 for the 1996 to 1997 and 1997 to 1998 seasons, respectively. An additional study at the same site in the 1996 to 1997 season compared the yield responses of cvs. Clark, Y88-3e, and PT8935b. Increases in the incidence of BYDV correlated with decreases in yield, with R(2) values of 0.80, 0.78, and 0.90 for the three cultivars, respectively. Estimated yield losses in both studies and all cultivars ranged from 27 to 45 kg/ha or 0.34 to 0.55% for each percent increase in virus infection. In a third study over a 2-year period in Indiana with the same three wheat genot ypes and a second BYDV isolate (PAV-P), BYDV treatments resulted in significant reductions in yield, but yield loss and the incidence of BYDV were not linearly correlated. Given the differences in yield reductions caused by the two BYDV isolates, PAV-P may be an attenuated strain of BYDV and may cross-protect plants from naturally occurring strains of the virus.     

应用农杆菌介导法获得转大麦黄矮病毒GPV株系复制酶基因ORF1的小麦植株

 以生产用4种基因型小麦为材料,利用农杆菌介导法将大麦黄矮病毒GPV株系复制酶基因ORF1分别转化愈龄40d的幼胚愈伤组织,经过G418筛选后,共再生出15株抗性植株,拓宽了小麦农杆菌转化的受体基因型。PCR及Southern杂交分析证实大麦黄矮病毒复制酶基因ORF1已经整合到小麦基因组中,共获得14株转基因植株。抗病性初步检测结果显示,转基因植株对GPV株系具有抗性。研究结果还表明,对于不同的基因型小麦进行转化时,需选择适合本基因型的菌株。     

Aphid vectors of potato virus YN

BesideMyzus persicae a dozen other species were found to be vectors of potato virus Y^N. Eleven other species did not transmit the virus.White Burley tobacco and A6 potato are equally suitable as test plant to monitor the efficency ofRhopalosiphum padi as vector of PVY^N, but as PVY^N source tobacco is not suitable for this aphid species.Between some aphid species rather large differences exist in retention periods of PVY^N. WithR. insertum andAphis fabae transmission after a 1 h starvation period was still 50% of that without starvation. WithPhorodon humuli, M. certus andM. persicae this value was only 15, 30 and 30%, respectively.Samenvatting Van 12 bladluissoorten werd vastgesteld dat zij, evenalsMyzus persicae, vectoren van het aardappelvirus Y^N (PVY^N) zijn. Van 11 andere soorten kon dit niet worden vastgesteld. Nicotiana tabacum cv. White Burley enSolanum tuberosum cv. A6 bleken beide goed bruikbaar als toetsplant voor het vaststellen van de efficiëntie vanRhopalosiphum padi als vector van het PVY^N; voor deze bladluissoort is tabak ongeschikt als bron van PVY^N.De retentieperiode van het PVY^N lijkt bij verschillende bladluissoorten aanzienlijk te variëren. BijRhopalosiphum insertum enAphis fabae bracht één uur vasten na de acquisitie de overbrenging terug tot 50% van die welke zonder vasten werd verkregen. BijPhorodon humuli was de reductie in overbrenging na één uur vasten 85%, bijMyzus certus enM. persicae was deze 70%.     

Plant community diversity influences vector behaviour and Barley yellow dwarf virus population structure

The species composition of a plant community can affect the distribution and abundance of other organisms including plant pathogens. The goal of this study was to understand the role of host diversity in the transmission of two Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) species that share insect vectors and hosts. Greenhouse experiments measured the transmission rate of BYDV species PAV and PAS from infected oat plants to healthy agricultural and wild grasses and from these species back to healthy oat seedlings. In the field component of the study, the rate of spread of PAV and PAS was measured in monoculture plots planted with agricultural grasses. In greenhouse experiments, the aphid vector more readily transmitted PAV from agricultural grasses and more readily inoculated PAS to the wild grass species assayed. In the field experiment, disease prevalence was greater in wheat, but there was no difference in the rate of spread of PAV and PAS. These results indicate an interaction between vector and host genotype that selects for greater PAV transmission in grain crops, contributes to differences in disease prevalence between grass types, and maintains pathogen diversity within the larger plant community (i.e. agricultural and non‐agricultural hosts).     

青海省小麦种质资源对大麦黄矮病毒的抗性鉴定

为明确青海省不同小麦种质资源对大麦黄矮病毒(Barley yellow dwarf virus,BYDV)的抗性差异,于2014—2015年采用堆测法人工接种鉴定了178份种质资源的抗病性。结果显示,不同小麦种质资源对黄矮病的抗性存在较大差异,甘A100、川766、陕1059、兰麦-2的病情指数依次为14.83、23.60、23.99和24.66,表现出较好的抗病性;病情指数在50.00以上的高感品种有69份,包括尕老汉、白板麦、兴热密穗等,其中白板麦病情指数高达72.35,高于感病对照阿勃;其余种质资源病情指数在25.00~50.00之间,表现为感病;甘A101、甘A99、藏515、藏519、木汉麦、群科大白麦、拉胎板麦、小红麦-2和朗县折达25初期表现感病,后期恢复健康,有一定的耐病性;抗病性不同的种质资源感染BYDV后,对小麦产量的影响差异很大,抗病对照中4产量损失8.96%,耐病品种产量损失在13.64%~19.74%之间,高病品种尕老汉产量损失达41.91%,表明小麦种质资源中抗BYDV的品种极少。     

Expression of Thinopyrum intermedium-Derived Barley yellow dwarf virus Resistance in Elite Bread Wheat Backgrounds

ABSTRACT Resistance to Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is not found in wheat but is available in a Thinopyrum intermedium translocation (Ti) carried on chromosome 7DL of bread wheat recombinant lines. We used one of those lines (TC14/2*Spear) to introgress the Ti into bread wheat cultivars and to determine the influence of wheat backgrounds, with and without known tolerance to BYDV, on the expression of resistance. Two single and three backcross populations, segregating for the presence of the alien fragment, were tested under field conditions and artificial inoculation with BYDV isolates MAV-Mex and PAV-Mex. Lines containing the fragment were identified using the microsatellite marker gwm37. Tillering, biomass, grain yield, thousand-kernel weight, and seed quality were evaluated in inoculated and noninoculated plots. Resistance was assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In early generations, the alien fragment followed expected Mendelian segregation, whereas in the advanced ones a slight bias against its transmission was observed. No positive nor negative effects of Ti on agronomic performance and quality were found. A significant optical density reduction in individuals carrying the fragment was observed after PAV infection in crosses with lines Anza and Baviacora but not with Milan. In addition, the fragment was associated with a lower frequency of infected plants for both PAV and MAV isolates. The reduced yield loss associated with the presence of the translocation was due largely to the lower infection rate.     

大麦黄矮病毒GPV与GAV株系间异源装配现象的初步研究

 以我国麦区的大麦黄矮病毒GPV、GAV株系为材料,利用它们的蚜传特异性,将由禾谷缢管蚜传播的GPV和由麦长管蚜传播的GAV混合侵染到岸黑燕麦上,并进行继代传毒。混合侵染后代蚜传表现型的变化初步表明存在异源装配现象,且表现型混合发生的比例较高。用DAS-ELISA和RT-PCR法对混合侵染后代进行了测定,进一步证明了异源包装现象的存在。部分基因的核苷酸序列分析初步显示所测定的混合侵染后代中没有发生基因重组。     

Variation in Transmission Efficiency Among Barley yellow dwarf virus-RMV Isolates and Clones of the Normally Inefficient Aphid Vector, Rhopalosiphum padi

The RMV strain of Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV-RMV) is an unassigned member of the Luteoviridae that causes barley yellow dwarf in various cereal crops. The virus is most efficiently vectored by the aphid Rhopalosiphum maidis, but can also be vectored with varying efficiency by R. padi and Schizaphis graminum. Field collections of alate aphids migrating into the emerging winter wheat crop in the fall of 1994 in central New York identified a high proportion of R. padi transmitting BYDV-RMV. This prompted a comparison of the BYDV-RMV isolates and the R. padi populations found in the field with type virus and aphid species maintained in the laboratory. A majority of the field isolates of BYDV-RMV were similar to each other and to the type BYDV-RMV isolate in disease severity on oat and in transmission by the laboratory-maintained population of R. maidis and a field-collected population of R. maidis. However, several field populations of R. padi differed in their ability to transmit the various BYDV-RMV isolates. The transmission efficiency of the R. padi clones was increased if acquisition and inoculation feeding periods were allowed at higher temperatures. In addition, the transmission efficiency of BYDV-RMV was significantly influenced by the aphid that inoculated the virus source tissue. In general, BYDV-RMV transmission by R. padi was higher when R. padi was the aphid that inoculated the source tissue than when R. maidis was the inoculating aphid. The magnitude of the change varied among virus isolates and R. padi clones. These results indicate that, under certain environmental conditions, R. padi can play a significant role in the epidemiology of BYDV-RMV. This may be especially significant in regions where corn is a major source of virus and of aphids that can carry virus into a fall-planted wheat crop.     

应用农杆菌介导法获得转大麦黄矮病毒GPV株系复制酶基因ORF2小麦植株

以生产用5种基因型小麦为材料,利用农杆菌介导法将大麦黄矮病毒GPV株系复制酶基因ORF2转化愈龄40d的幼胚愈伤组织,经过G418筛选后,共再生出9株抗性植株,拓宽了小麦农杆菌转化的受体基因型。PCR及Southern杂交分析证实大麦黄矮病毒复制酶基因ORF2已经整合到小麦基因组中。初步抗病性检测结果显示转基因植株对GPV株系具有抗性。研究结果还表明,受体基因型、外植体的生理状态对农杆菌侵染起着至关重要的作用。