Seasonal dynamics and virus translocation of Grapevine leafroll‐associated virus 3 in grapevine cultivars

Grapevine leafroll‐associated virus 3 (GLRaV‐3) is associated with grapevine leafroll disease, one of the most economically important viral diseases of grapevines. This disease impacts on both vine health and grape quality; reduction in yield, brix and wine colour are among its detrimental effects. Many methods, including serological and molecular procedures, have been developed for the detection of GLRaV‐3; however, there is no PCR‐based assay available to quantify virus populations within plant tissues. A real‐time RT‐PCR assay with TaqMan probe was developed for specific and reliable quantitative detection of GLRaV‐3 in infected tissues. The designed primers and probes target the conserved sequence in the RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) domain of the viral genome to prevent amplification of most subgenomic and defective RNAs. This protocol was used to examine the seasonal dynamics and translocation of GLRaV‐3 in field‐grown grapevines. The results showed that the virus spread quickly from trunks to new growing shoots and leaves early in the growing season, and most samples still harboured detectable virus during late summer and autumn. The seasonal progress of one GLRaV‐3 isolate was compared in four grapevine cultivars (Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Italia and Thompson Seedless). Within cultivars there was little variability in the distribution and translocation of GLRaV‐3, except for in Thompson Seedless. This quantitative detection assay will be a valuable tool for GLRaV‐3 diagnosis, disease monitoring and population ecology studies.     

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.     

葡萄卷叶相关病毒13在我国葡萄上的首次报道

<正>我国葡萄品种资源丰富,栽培面积逐年增加。葡萄感染病毒后,便终生带毒,持续危害,造成生长发育迟缓,树势衰退,严重影响葡萄的产量和品质。山葡萄(Vitis amurensis Rupr.)是我国重要的野生果树资源,其抗病能力较强,是培育抗病、抗寒优良品种的珍贵种质。山葡萄浆果营养物质丰富,是酿     

‘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。     

‘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。     

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.     

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。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Grapevine virus A</Emphasis> transmission by larvae of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Parthenolecanium corni</Emphasis>

Grapevine virus A (GVA, Vitivirus) was transmitted experimentally by first and second instars of the scale insect Parthenolecanium corni from grapevine to grapevine and to the herbaceous host Nicotiana benthamiana. This is the first report of GVA transmission by P. corni. Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-1 (Ampelovirus) was always present in the donor grapevines and, in every case, GVA was transmitted simultaneously with this ampelovirus from grapevine to grapevine, suggesting possible interactions between the two viruses for transmission.     

Responses of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) cultivars to inoculation with three viruses

The responses of 24 white yam ( Dioscorea rotundata ) cultivars to mechanical and vector transmission with each of three viruses infecting yams were assessed through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and symptom development. The viruses were Dioscorea alata virus (DAV), genus Potyvirus ; Dioscorea alata bacilliform virus (DaBV), genus Badnavirus ; and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), genus Cucumovirus . Only TDr 95-128, a landrace cultivar from Nigeria, developed symptoms of infection with CMV and DaBV following mechanical and vector transmission, respectively. PAS-ELISA showed that nine genotypes remained uninfected by DAV and 11 were uninfected by CMV or DaBV. Genotypes TDr 747 and TDr 1640 both showed resistance to all three viruses.     

Somatic embryogenesis efficiently eliminates viroid infections from grapevines

Indirect somatic embryogenesis is effective at eliminating the most important viruses affecting grapevines. Accordingly, this technique was tested as a method for eradicating two widespread viroids, Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 1 (GYSVd-1) and Hop stunt viroid (HSVd), from four grapevine cultivars. Both viroids were detected by RT-PCR in grapevine floral explants used for initiating embryogenic cultures, as well as in undifferentiated cells of embryogenic and non-embryogenic calli from anthers and ovaries. In contrast, somatic embryos differentiated from these infected calli were viroid-free, and viroids were not detected in embryo-derived plantlets even 3 years after their transfer to greenhouse conditions. A wider spatial distribution of HSVd than GYSVd-1 within proliferating calli was revealed by in situ hybridization, whereas no hybridization signal was detected in the somatic embryos. In addition, GYSVd-1 and HSVd were localised in the nucleus of infected cells, conclusively showing the nuclear accumulation of representative members of Apscaviroid and Hostuviroid genera, which has been only an assumption so far. Somatic embryogenesis was compared to in vitro thermotherapy, a technique routinely used for virus eradication. After thermotherapy, HSVd and GYSVd-1 were detected in all in vitro plantlets of the cultivar Roussan, and in all lines analysed after 3 years of culture in greenhouse. The high efficiency with which somatic embryogenesis may eliminate viroids and viruses from several infected grapevine cultivars, should allow the availability of virus- and viroid-free material, which would be useful not only for sanitary selection but also for basic research on plant-virus and plant-viroid interactions in grapevine.     

Serological and molecular evidence for the complexity of the leafroll disease of grapevine

Samples of leafroll-infected grapevines from various countries, as well as local sources, were tested by ELISA with antisera against two closteroviruses (GVA and NY-1) and a potyvirus (GPV) thought to be associated with leafroll. Many of the samples reacted positively with more than one antiserum, and often with all three. Positive reactions with GPV antiserum were corroborated by molecular dot-blot hybridization. One of the closteroviruses, grapevine virus A (GVA) was originally isolated from a grapevine affected by stem-pitting; furthermore, a grapevine with stem-pitting reacted positively with all three antisera, and with a potyvirus probe by dot-blot hybridization. All the leafroll-diseased vines reacted, at least in some tests, with one or more of the antisera. Hence, in spite of the complexity of this syndrome, healthy and diseased grapevines could be distinguished.     

Genetic variability and pathological properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus 2</Emphasis> isolates

The genetic variability among Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 2 (GLRaV-2) isolates was investigated in several grapevine accessions from various geographic origins in three genomic fragments, which encode the 70 kDa heat-shock protein homologue, the coat protein and the ∼60 kDa protein. The majority of the isolates were identical or only slightly different from one another and formed a monophyletic group. Several other variants were found which differed greatly from the main cluster and were mostly present in autochthonous or specific vine cultivars. Phylogenetic analyses on the CP gene sequences, including the isolates analyzed in this work and some others from related literature, allowed five clades to be identified (PN, H4, RG, BD and PV20). Biological trials for graft incompatibility and leafroll symptoms revealed that GLRaV-2 divergent variants had different pathological properties, mainly according to their phylogenetic grouping. The BD isolate seemed to be a mild variant of the virus, because it was unable to induce graft incompatibility and it rarely caused leafroll symptoms. The RG isolate appeared to be a more virulent variant, given the strong decrease in rooted grafted grapevines obtained in nursery, in particular with the use of certain rootstocks; however, it does not induce leafroll symptoms. The variants belonging to the PN group, which were the most widespread, caused both graft incompatibility and leafroll symptoms, according to the viral variant. Graft incompatibility also proved to depend strongly on the rootstock used.     

Grapevine phenolic compounds in xylem sap and tissues are significantly altered during infection by Xylella fastidiosa

Pierce's disease of grapevine (PD), caused by the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa, remains a serious problem for grape production in California and elsewhere. This research examined induction of phenolic compounds in grapevines ('Thompson Seedless') infected with X. fastidiosa over a 6-month period. Two months postinoculation with X. fastidiosa, catechin, digalloylquinic acid, and astringin were found at greater levels in xylem sap; multiple catechins, procyanidins, and stilbenoids were found at greater levels in xylem tissues; and precursors to lignin and condensed tannins were found at greater levels in xylem cell walls. However, such large-scale inductions of phenolic compounds were not observed 4 months after inoculation. Six months after inoculation, infected plants had significantly reduced phenolic levels in xylem sap and tissues when compared with control plants, including lowered levels of lignin and condensed tannins. At 6 months, PD symptoms were severe in infected plants and most photosynthetic tissue was abscised. These results suggest that, even though grapevine hosts may initially respond to X. fastidiosa infections with increased production of phenolic compounds, ultimately, PD causes grapevines to enter a state of decline whereby diseased hosts no longer have the resources to support secondary metabolite production, including defense-associated phenolic compounds.     

鲜食葡萄品种对霜霉病的抗性及抗病机理研究

采用田间自然发病调查，田间接种鉴定和离体葡萄叶圆片室内接种鉴定鲜食葡萄品种对霜霉病的抗性及其抗性机理研究表明，品种间对霜霉病的抗性存在显著差异。可依感病病级分为三类，低感品种有“z工伊豆”、“奥林匹亚”、“山东早红”、“森田尼”、“早玛瑙”。几乎所有的无核品种均高感霜霉病，葡萄对霜霉病的抗性与叶内可滴定酸、还原糖、游离氨基酸含量无显著相关，与叶背气也密度、气孔开度也无相关，而外施高浓度邻苯二酚却显著降低了霜霉病发病程度。     

Viruses and virus diseases of grapevine in Lebanon

Grapevines were surveyed for the presence of virus and virus-like diseases in the main viticultural areas of Lebanon (Bekaa valley, Mount Lebanon, South and North Lebanon). Symptoms of rugose wood were observed in vines ofall cultivars and areas surveyed, whereas leafroll was observed only in some vineyards of the Bekaa valley and, to a lesser extent, in South Lebanon on cvs Tfaifihi, Cinsaut and Cardinal. Symptoms of fanleaf and of phytoplasma-induced yellows were also observed with low frequency in the Bekaa valley on wine-grape cultivars. ELISA tests showed that 53% of 1536 Vitis vinifera vines individually checked were infected by one or more viruses. Grapevine trichovirus A (GVA) was the prevailing virus (32.4%), followed by grapevine fleck virus (GFkV) (19.5%) and grapevine leafroll-associated closterovirus 3 (GLRaV-3) (12.4%). Grapevine leafroll-associated closterovirus 1 (GLRaV-l), grapevine trichovirus B (GVB) and grapevine fanleaf nepovirus (GFLV) were also detected to a lesser extent, their incidence ranging between 1.1 and 3.6%.     

利用小RNA测序技术鉴定吉林省甘薯病毒

在吉林省7个主要甘薯种植区共采集85份甘薯叶片样品,利用小RNA深度测序技术对混合样品进行检测,经RT-PCR和测序验证,鉴定出样品中存在10种病毒,包括6种RNA病毒和4种DNA病毒.分别是马铃薯Y病毒科马铃薯Y病毒属的甘薯羽状斑驳病毒Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV...     

Use of Degenerate Primers in a RT-PCR Assay for the Identification and Analysis of Some Filamentous Viruses, with Special Reference to Clostero- and Vitiviruses of the Grapevine

RT-PCR with degenerate primers was used for the screening of the genome of some members of the Closterovirus, Vitivirus and Trichovirus genera. Two sets of primers, targeted to conserved sequences of the heat shock protein 70 homologue of closteroviruses or to the RNA dependent RNA polymerase genes of tricho- and vitiviruses, amplified the expected fragments from total RNA extracts or double-stranded RNAs of infected plants. Amplified cDNAs were cloned, sequenced and phylogenetically analyzed. Results support the allocation of grapevine viruses A, B, D and heracleum latent virus (HLV) in the genus Vitivirus, whereas, the detection of a HSP70 homologue in grapevine leafroll-associated viruses agrees with their assignment in the genus Closterovirus. The use of degenerate primers for the identification of grapevine viruses belonging to Vitivirus and Closterovirus genera is envisaged.