Genetic diversity of Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus isolates from Tunisian grapevine germplasm

Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV) is one of the most widespread grapevine viruses and is transmitted mainly by grafting. GRSPaV presence was tested in 487 samples representative of the Tunisian grapevine germplasm (including autochthonous, table, wine, wild grape, and rootstock varieties) from different Tunisian regions. GRSPaV infection was detected in 51.3% of samples from different Tunisian regions, among which the table grapevine cultivars were the most commonly infected (68.7%). Genetic variability of GRSPaV isolates from wild and cultivated grapevines was assessed by sequencing the partial capsid protein (CP) gene of 19 Tunisian isolates and 1 Italian GRSPaV isolate from Sicily, and the partial RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) gene of 13 Tunisian GRSPaV isolates. According to phylogenetic analysis of CP nucleotide sequences obtained in this study and sequences retrieved from GenBank, Tunisian isolates fell into four phylogenetic groups already described (I, II, III, and IV) and two new phylogenetic groups (VI and VIII). Phylogenetic analysis of the partial RdRp gene revealed that Tunisian isolates of GRSPaV are distributed into four phylogroups. This study highlights the importance of regular monitoring of GRSPaV infections in Tunisia, with special regard to those grapevine accessions employed in conservation and selection programmes. In particular, the presence of new GRSPaV genetic variants and infection of wild grapevines must be taken into account in order to choose a correct control strategy.     

Large Scale Evaluation of Primers for Diagnosis of Rupestris Stem Pitting Associated Virus-1

The unavailability of adequate immunological reagents has prevented the use of ELISA for the diagnosis of rupestris stem pitting disorder of grapevines. In this work, the performance of five primer pairs for broad-scale detection of rupestris stem pitting associated virus-1 by RT-PCR using ds-RNA templates was compared and contrasted with biological indexing. The virus was widespread among the budwood of 35 Portuguese grapevine varieties assayed, with a prevalence of 85%. The biological assay proved to be unreliable as an index of infection due to the high number of false negatives. Five sets of primers were assayed and compared by means of their relative sensitivity and negative predictive value. The primer pair specific for the coat protein gene was excluded because of the difficulty in identifying the specific amplified product. From the other four primer pairs, those specific for the helicase domain of the putative polymerase gene had the highest sensitivity and negative predictive value. However, a high confidence in the assay, as desirable for a certification scheme, could not be obtained by the sole use of this primer pair. An additional pair should be used in a separate or in a multiplex RT-PCR reaction.     

沙地葡萄茎痘相关病毒的RT-LAMP检测方法

 本研究建立了一种用于沙地葡萄茎痘相关病毒（Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus, GRSPaV）的RT-LAMP检测方法。以GRSPaV的RdRp基因序列（GenBank登录号：GQ478314）为靶序列,设计3组RT-LAMP引物,从中筛选出1组有效引物,并确定了适宜的反应温度和反应时间。对RT-LAMP产物进行Hha Ⅰ酶切,酶切片段与理论片段大小一致,证明了RT-LAMP产物的特异性。RT-LAMP方法能够检测出GRSPaV的RNA最大稀释倍数为10^-4,与RT-PCR方法相比更为灵敏。田间葡萄样品RT-LAMP检测结果与已知样品带毒情况相同,表明RT-LAMP检测GRSPaV具有较好的可靠性。在RT-LAMP反应产物中加入染料SYBR Green Ⅰ （×1000）可直接观察反应结果。建立的GRSPaV RT-LAMP检测方法具有简便、快速、灵敏、可视化等特点,尤其适合基层使用,具有良好的应用前景。     

Crude garlic extract significantly inhibits replication of grapevine viruses

Efforts to control viral diseases of grapevine include the production of certified material and development of virus-resistant transgenic grapevines. However, effective antiviral agents, once the viruses have infected the plants, are still lacking. This study shows that a crude garlic extract has significant antiviral activity against grapevine viruses. Replication of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 2 (GLRaV-2) was obviously inhibited in grapevine cv. Cabernet Sauvignon calli treated with diluted (1:100) garlic extract. The relative RNA levels of GLRaV-2 and grapevine fleck virus (GFkV) in cv. Summer Black grapevine in in vitro-grown plantlets 10 days after treatment with diluted (1:100) garlic extract were about 22% and 20%, respectively, of that in controls. The viral RNA accumulation of GLRaV-2, GFkV, grapevine virus A (GVA), grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) and grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV) in field-grown grapevine cv. Centennial Seedless plants sprayed with diluted (1:100) garlic extract were about 31–40%, 26–38%, 18–31%, 17–42% and 15–18%, respectively, of that in controls. Moreover, the garlic extract treatment led to a significant decrease in viral RNA accumulation of GLRaV-3, GLRaV-2, GVA, GFkV, GFLV, GRSPaV and grapevine Pinot Gris virus in pot-grown grapevine cv. Shine Muscat plants, and viral disease symptoms in these plants were obviously attenuated. In addition, this extract significantly induced expression of pathogenesis-related protein genes and stimulated activity of antioxidant enzymes in grapevines. Taken together, these results indicate that the crude garlic extract acts as a significant inhibitor against a broad range of grapevine viruses.     

Grapevine rupestris stem pitting virus: a new pathogen of grapevine in Serbia

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV), a member of the genus Foveavirus, is a commonly detected grapevine virus around the world....     

我国部分地区沙地葡萄茎痘相关病毒分离物外壳蛋白序列变异分析

为明确我国葡萄中沙地葡萄茎痘相关病毒（GRSPaV）的感染情况及病毒外壳蛋白（coat protein,CP）基因的变异特点,从而为其致病性、病害的防治以及抗病毒基因工程等研究提供依据,本研究对采自我国16个省市自治区的65个葡萄品种305株葡萄样品中的GRSPaV进行RT-PCR检测,根据地区与品种差异选取了24个阳性样品进行cp基因克隆与测序分析,并对不同RNA提取方法进行了比较。结果显示,114株样品被GRSPaV侵染,平均带毒株率为37.4%;分离物间及同一分离物不同克隆间的序列差异较大,从24个分离物克隆获得的37条cp基因序列与来源于不同国家的12个GRSPaV分离物的核苷酸序列同源性为80.5%~99.7%,氨基酸序列同源性为88.8%~100%;各个分离物的遗传距离无明显地域差异;SiO₂吸附法比SDS法和CTAB法更适宜葡萄样品RNA的提取。     

新疆三种葡萄病毒RT-PCR检测及序列分析

为研究新疆葡萄中沙地葡萄茎痘伴随病毒(Grapevine rupestris stem pitting associated virus,GRSPa V)、葡萄斑点病毒(Grapevine fleck virus,GFk V)及葡萄病毒A(Grapevine virus A,GVA)的发生情况和新疆分离株系统进化关系,分别克隆3种病毒新疆分离株部分基因区域,应用RT-PCR对新疆64份葡萄样品中上述3种病毒进行检测,并进行系统进化分析。结果显示,GRSPa V、GFk V和GVA的检出率分别为31.3%、62.5%和25.0%。新疆GRSPa V分离株(KJ801847)与美国GRSPa V分离株(AY368590)同源性达96.59%;新疆GFk V分离株(KJ801846)与日本GFk V分离株(AB222861)及中国辽宁GFk V分离株(JF927942)的同源性分别为91.70%和91.03%;新疆GVA分离株(KJ801845)与波兰GVA分离株(JN860997)同源性为93.88%,与中国四川GVA分离株(HQ671655)及辽宁GVA分离株(FJ445220)的同源性分别为92.92%和89.53%。表明3种葡萄病毒在新疆发生比较普遍,且新疆分离株与国内其它地方的分离株存在较大差异。     

Elimination of Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV) from two Vitis vinifera cultivars by in vitro chemotherapy

The grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars ‘Agiorgitiko’ and ‘Malagouzia’, naturally infected with Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV), were subjected to in vitro chemotherapy using the antiviral inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitors tiazofurin (TR), ribavirin (RBV) and mycophenolic acid (MPA). The chemotherapy lasted 80 days and was carried out as two consecutive treatments. Severe phytotoxicity, estimated after 40 days of culture, was observed in drug-treated explants, especially when high doses of TR were used. Phytotoxicity exhibited a cultivar- and chemical compound-dependent profile. The virus eradication status of the survived plantlets was determined by nested RT-PCR using total RNA templates, after 80 days of drug treatment and one year later, after the passage of one dormancy period, in potted plants grown in a greenhouse. Data indicated that the highest GRSPaV elimination in ‘Agiorgitiko’ was obtained with 10 μg? ml^?1 TR, 30 μg ?ml^?1 RBV and 20 μg? ml^?1 MPA. The eradication rates were lower in the case of ‘Malagouzia’, where the highest ones were achieved after treatments with 15 μg ml^?1 TR and 80 μg ml^?1 MPA. This is the first report on GRSPaV elimination in grapevine following treatment with antiviral compounds, which could provide an alternative to the traditional methods of virus eradication through meristem culture and thermotherapy.     

Detection and Elimination of Viruses in Callus, Somatic Embryos and Regenerated Plantlets of Grapevine

The distribution of some grapevine viruses in flower explants, embryogenic and non-embryogenic calli, single somatic embryos and plants regenerated from embryogenic cultures was investigated by RT-PCR and ELISA. Immature anthers and ovaries of the cultivars Grignolino infected by GRSPaV, GLRaV-1 and GVA, Müller-Thurgau infected by GRSPaV and GLRaV-3 and Bosco infected by GRSPaV were cultivated on media inducing indirect somatic embryogenesis. Viruses were detected both in anthers and ovaries. Four months after culture initiation 65.6% of tested calli were infected by at least one virus; high percentages of virus infection were found in calli originating from ovaries. No virus was detected in calli tested 8 months after culture initiation, as well as in single somatic embryos or in embryo-derived plantlets. Somatic embryogenesis confirmed its effectiveness in eliminating phloem-limited grapevine viruses. Regeneration of RT-PCR negative plantlets occurred even when at least a sector of the callus was still infected: the mechanism whereby somatic embryos are freed of some viruses could be related to the rapid proliferation of embryogenic cells within the callus or to the origin of the embryogenic callus from virus-free cells within the original explant.     

4种葡萄卷叶伴随病毒多重RT-PCR检测

 葡萄受卷叶伴随病毒侵染后,树势减弱,抗逆性变差,果穗着色不良,成熟期推迟,含糖量降低。目前已报道11种葡萄卷叶伴随病毒(Grapevine leafroll-associated virus,GLRaV)。为提高检测效率,降低检测费用,本文在研究单个卷叶伴随病毒RT-PCR检测技术基础上,对4种葡萄卷叶伴随病毒的多重RT-PCR模板浓度、引物浓度和退火温度进行优化,建立了同时检测葡萄卷叶伴随病毒-1(GLRaV-1)、葡萄卷叶伴随病毒-3(GLRaV-3)、葡萄卷叶伴随病毒-4(GLRaV-4)和葡萄卷叶伴随病毒-5(GLRaV-5)的多重RT-PCR技术体系。模板浓度、引物浓度、Taq DNA聚合酶浓度、退火温度和循环次数对多重RT-PCR检测结果均有较大影响,而在一定范围内改变延伸时间和dNTP浓度对检测结果影响较小。对4种葡萄卷叶伴随病毒的PCR产物进行克隆和测序,扩增基因片段与GenBank中登录的基因序列同源性为95%~99%。所建立的多重RT-PCR技术检测田间样品效果良好。     

葡萄的两种检疫性病毒的多重RT-PCR检测

 本研究利用多重RT-PCR技术,对葡萄的检疫性病毒中番茄环斑病毒(ToRSV)和烟草环斑病毒(TRSV)进行检测,并研究了反应体系中各个参数对多重RT-PCR的影响。结果表明:可以在同一反应体系中实现对ToRSV和TRSV的RT-PCR检测,但模板浓度、引物浓度、循环数等3个因素对检测结果的准确性有较大的影响,3个参数的增加都会导致非特异性扩增的增多,而dNTP以及Taq酶的浓度对实验结果并无较大影响。     

Viruses of grapevine in Syria

Surveys for virus and virus-like diseases were carried out in commercial vineyards and nurseries in seven different Syrian provinces (Aleppo, Dara'a, As Suwayda, Al Qunaytirah, Homs, Hamah, Tartous). Samples were collected at random from 835 individual vines (735 Vitis vinifera and 100 rootstock accessions) for laboratory testing. Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) , Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV), and Grapevine virus A (GVA) were the only viruses recovered by mechanical transmission to herbaceous hosts. Vein necrosis developed in c. 53% of graft-inoculated 110R indicators and vein mosaic in V. riparia inoculated with material from cv. Corna Alegra. A total of 71% of the ELISA-tested V. vinifera plants (522 out of 735) were infected by one (14.8%) or more (55.8%) viruses. GVA was the most widespread (54.7%), followed by Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1 (GLRaV-1, 47.3%), Grapevine fleck virus (GFkV, 29.7%), and Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3, 23.9%). Other economically relevant viruses were scarcer, i.e. Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 2 (GLRaV-2, 9%), GFLV (0.8%) and ArMV (0.1%). The most important Syrian grapevine varieties, i.e. Hellwany, Salty, Balady, and Zeiny, had average infection rates that ranged between 44% and 91%. The highest incidence of infections was observed at Damascus (90%), whereas it ranged between 68% and 79% in the other provinces, except for Hama (36%). Rootstocks were in much better sanitary condition (25% infection). GFkV (22%) was the most common virus, whilst the presence of GLRaV-3 (3%), GLRaV-1, and GFLV (1%) was negligible. Grapevine rupestris stem pitting associated virus (GRSPaV) was detected in 72.3% of the samples by RT-PCR. A high percentage of the GRSPaV-positive vines (80%) induced vein necrosis reactions in 110R, thus confirming the recently established correlation between this virus and vein necrosis.     

Viral sanitary status of declining grapevine Syrah clones and genetic diversity of Grapevine Rupestris stem pitting-associated virus

In order to determine the etiology of Syrah decline, virus detection was performed on 22 Syrah clones, chosen for their various levels of sensitivity to Syrah decline. All clones, including the sensitive ones, were free of 20 main grapevine viruses. In contrast, Grapevine Syrah virus-1 and Grapevine Rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV), were detected in 56 % and 100 % of the analysed Syrah clones respectively. This is the first report of GSyV-1 in a French vineyard. The genetic diversity of a 380 nt region within the GRSPaV coat protein gene was studied extensively in vines differing in their sensitivity to Syrah decline. Most GRSPaV variants were scattered between the four phylogenetic groups previously identified; 65 % of the sequences analysed were found to belong to the GRSPaV—group 1, 22 % to—group 2b, 10 % to—group 2a and 2 % to—group 3. Seventy percent of the 31 plants analysed harboured mixtures of genomic variants. Statistical analyses revealed no significant correlation between sensitivity and GRSPaV sequence variation. This suggests that GRSPaV is not the direct etiological agent of the Syrah decline.     

‘阳光玫瑰’葡萄病毒小RNA测序鉴定及RT-PCR检测

 ‘阳光玫瑰’是我国从日本引进的葡萄优良品种。为了明确我国‘阳光玫瑰’葡萄病毒病的病原,本研究采用小RNA测序技术对2株显症和无症状的‘阳光玫瑰’葡萄样品进行病毒鉴定结果显示:显症样品中测定到8种病毒,其中包含葡萄蚕豆萎蔫病毒(Grapevine fabavirus, GFabV)和灰比诺葡萄病毒(Grapevine Pinot gris virus, GPGV);无症状样品中测定到3种葡萄病毒。对46个‘阳光玫瑰’样品进行14种葡萄病毒的RT-PCR检测,结果表明:‘阳光玫瑰’葡萄带毒率较高,病毒复合侵染情况普遍;显症样品中,GFabV检出率为88.2%,GPGV和葡萄浆果内坏死病毒(Grapevine berry inner necrosis virus,GINV)检出率为64.7%和29.4%,均明显高于无症状样品(13.8%和10.3%)。本研究旨在探明‘阳光玫瑰’葡萄携带病毒的种类和侵染状况,为其病毒病防控及病毒脱除奠定基础。