Occurrence of viruses in irrigated wheat in Zambia

Surveys were conducted during the cool-dry months of June–August 1997 and June–July 1998 for the presence of viruses in irrigated wheat in Central, Copperbelt, Lusaka and Southern Provinces of Zambia in 14 commercial farms and four wheat cultivar plots. Virus symptoms were observed on nine wheat cultivars ( Triticum aestivum 'Deka', 'Gamtoos', 'Lorie II', 'MM2', 'Nata', 'Nkwazi', 'P7', 'Scan' and 'Sceptre') of South African, Zambian and Zimbabwean origin. Several viruses were identified on the basis of field symptomatology, symptoms developing on mechanically inoculated indicator plant species or cultivars and serology (DAS-ELISA). The study revealed the occurrence of Brome mosaic virus (BMV), Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV), Barley yellow dwarf virus and its strains (BYDV-PAV and RPV), Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (SBWMV), Wheat dwarf virus (WDV), Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) and Wheat spindle streak mosaic virus (WSSMV). DSA-ELISA tests confirmed these identifications. The prevalence of viruses varied annually and from field to field. BSMV, BYDV-PAV, SBWMV, WDV, WSMV and WSSMV were found to be the most prevalent viruses. Viruses generally occurred in mixed infections of 3–6 viruses and the most common virus complex consisted of 4 viruses (50%), viz. BYDV, SBWMV, WDV and WSSMV. Five- and six-virus complexes were relatively less common (20% each) whereas 3-virus complex was noticed in only 10% cases. SBWMV and WSSMV have been found to be new to Africa and Zambia and are reportedly vectored by a fungal protist – Polymyxa graminis . BYDV strains MAV and SGV were also tested but gave negative results against their antisera.     

An isolate of Wheat streak mosaic virus from foxtail overcomes Wsm2 resistance in wheat

Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) is an economically important pathogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum) causing major yield losses in regions where severe infection occurs. To detect the presence of any new virus or new WSMV isolates, green foxtail (Setaria viridis) plants exhibiting virus-like symptoms were sampled in a summer-fallowed wheat field at the Agricultural Research Center-Hays, Kansas State University, Hays, Kansas. These plants were tested serologically for four wheat viruses: WSMV, Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV), High Plains wheat mosaic virus (HPWMoV) and Foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV). Among 38 plant samples exhibiting virus-like symptoms, 29 contained WSMV as indicated by ELISA. Four isolates from samples with relatively strong reactions were transferred to healthy wheat seedlings by mechanical inoculation in a growth chamber for pathogenicity testing. Three isolates were avirulent to a wheat variety RonL, which contains Wsm2, a gene providing temperature-sensitive resistance to currently prevalent isolates of WSMV. However, one isolate, KSH294, was able to infect RonL and showed more virulence on two other varieties/lines containing Wsm2. Further sequence and phylogenetic analysis of KSH294 confirmed that this isolate displays a sequence homology with WSMV, but has sequence differences making it distinct from previously identified WSMV isolates included in the phylogenetic analysis.     

Sequence of the 3′-terminal region of the RNA of a mite transmitted potyvirus fromHordeum murinum L.

The 3026 nucleotides upstream of the 3-polyadenylated tract of a mite transmitted virus fromHordeum murinum L. were cloned and sequenced, and portions of the sequence were expressed inEscherichia coli. Sequence comparisons with wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), Agropyron mosaic virus (AgMV) and Hordeum mosaic cirus (HoMV), three mite transmitted potyviruses, and potato virus Y (PVY), the type member of the genusPotyvirus, revealed that the virus is probably a potyvirus, but distinct from WSMV, AgMV, HoMV, and PVY. Serological tests further demonstrated these differences and that the virus is serologically related to another potyvirus, brome streak mosaic virus (BrSMV). We conclude that the virus should be named as the Hordeum isolate of BrSMV.     

胶体金免疫电镜技术检测和鉴定病汁液中不同形态的植物病毒

 本文报道胶体金免疫电镜技术的建立:铜网捕获病毒后,用其稀释约200倍的同源抗血清修饰处理3~5分钟,羊抗兔IgG-金复合物标记3~5分钟,经磷钨酸负染,电镜下可见病毒粒子周围金颗粒特异性吸附,而背景上非特异性吸附很少。用此技术成功地快速检测和鉴定了病汁液中线状病毒(大麦黄花叶病毒,大麦温和花叶病毒,小麦梭条斑花叶病毒,芜菁花叶病连和马铃薯Y病毒)、棒状病毒(烟草花叶病毒、长叶车前草花叶病毒和土传小麦花叶病毒)以及球状病毒(水稻矮缩病毒、黄瓜花叶病毒和大麦黄矮病毒)。用0.5M PBSpH7.0制备病汁液,可大幅度提高同源抗血清对黄瓜花叶病毒的捕获能力。     

Molecular characterization and detection of European isolates of Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus

Sequencing of a recently identified isolate of Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (SBWMV) from the UK confirmed its identity as a European strain of the species and provided further evidence for taxonomic divisions in the group. Two RT–PCR protocols were developed for the detection of all SBWMV strains and for the specific detection of the European SBWMV strain, and were tested successfully on 21 isolates of SBWMV from a range of countries. Both protocols worked well using either purified total RNA in one- or two-step RT-PCR, or immunocapture (IC) RT–PCR. The sensitivity of IC RT-PCR was 100 times greater than ELISA. Neither set of primers produced any PCR product with either Wheat spindle streak mosaic virus or Wheat yellow mosaic virus which are frequently associated with SBWMV, or with the related viruses Indian peanut clump virus , Potato mop-top virus , Beet soil-borne virus and Beet necrotic yellow vein virus . This new diagnostic protocol will improve disease management by enabling correct identification of the causal pathogen and earlier detection than is possible serologically.     

灰飞虱传播的一种小麦病毒病鉴定

 在实验室中利用灰飞虱接种小麦时出现一种新的病毒病症状,鉴定表明其病原为大麦黄条点花叶病毒(Barley yellow striate mosaic virus, BYSMV)。采用生物学测定、电镜观察、RT-PCR检测和序列分析的方法,明确了该病毒的粒体特性、危害症状及田间发生情况。接种试验表明该病毒通过灰飞虱传播,接种7~10 d后小麦新生叶片出现黄色斑点、斑驳,继而发展成黄色条纹,叶片对生且细而窄,重病株新叶扭曲,叶鞘不能伸长,病株矮化。对小麦病叶超薄切片电镜观察,发现细胞质中存在大量弹状病毒粒子,病毒粒体大小为（315~353）nm×（46~57） nm。利用特异性引物从病株总RNA中扩增出 565 bp基因片段,序列同源性分析显示与大麦黄条点花叶病毒(Barley yellow striate mosaic virus, BYSMV) Zanjan-1分离物聚合酶（L）基因对应序列的一致性为97 %,与北方禾谷花叶病毒(Northern cereal mosaic virus, NCMV) L基因对应序列的一致性为78 %~79 %。对采自河北邯郸、石家庄、保定、唐山的31株样品进行RT-PCR检测,25株检测到BYSMV,7株检测到水稻黑条矮缩病毒(Rice black streaked dwarf virus,RBSDV),其中5株为2种病毒复合侵染,结果表明BYSMV的田间分布较广。系统发育分析表明BYSMV-Lab/TS/ZX/QY 4个分离物与本研究的BYSMV亲缘关系密切。BYSMV是我国小麦上新发现的一种弹状病毒,并已形成危害,暂定名为小麦黄条纹矮缩病,应加强流行动态监测。     

甘蔗病毒病及其防治研究进展

甘蔗是最重要的糖料作物,由于其栽培过程中采用种茎无性繁殖,病毒病发生逐年加重.已知侵染甘蔗的病毒种类有甘蔗花叶病毒(Sugarcane mosaic virus,SCMV)、高粱花叶病毒(Sorghummosaic virus,SrMV)、甘蔗线条花叶病毒(Sugarcane streakmosaic virus,SCSMV)、甘蔗黄叶病毒(Sugarcane yellow leaf virus,SCYLV)、甘蔗斐济病病毒(Sugarcane Fiji disease virus,SFDV)、甘蔗线.条病毒(Sugarcane streak virus,SSV)和甘蔗杆状病毒(Sugarcane bacilliform virus,SCBV).文中简要介绍上述几种病毒的基本特性及其所致病害的发生特点,对目前甘蔗病毒病防治技术进行了评述,提出了我国甘蔗病毒研究中需要关注的若干问题.     

Molecular comparisons amongst wheat bymovirus isolates from Asia, North America and Europe

To study the variation between wheat bymovirus isolates and to resolve uncertainties about the identity of the virus in some countries, leaves of infected plants were obtained from nine sites in China and from one each in Italy, Germany, USA and Canada. The German isolate was obtained from rye and the Canadian isolate was the type strain of wheat spindle streak mosaic virus (WSSMV). In RT-PCR, using primers designed from a partial sequence of a French isolate (tentatively described as WSSMV), genome fragments were obtained from the Italian and the French isolates but not from the Chinese ones. Conversely, products were consistently obtained from the Chinese isolates, but not from the Italian or French ones, when primers were designed from the sequence of a Japanese isolate of wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV). Nucleotide sequences were obtained from regions at or near the 3'-terminus of RNA1 of six Chinese isolates and the four from Europe and North America, usually including the coat protein. Nucleotide and amino acid sequence comparisons demonstrated that the European and North American isolates were extremely similar and were therefore WSSMV, while the Chinese isolates were close to the Japanese isolate and were thus WYMV.     

豌豆病毒病病原研究

 1986年至1990年,从豌豆田中采集了150余份病毒病样本,鉴定出蚕豆萎蔫病毒(BB-WV)、芜菁花叶病毒(TuMV)、马铃薯Y病毒组分离物、黄瓜花叶病毒(CMV)、莴苣花叶病毒(LMV)、大豆花叶病毒(SMV)、豌豆花叶病毒(PMV)、菜豆黄花叶病毒(BYMV)和苜蓿花叶病毒(AMV)等9种病毒。样本中,BBWV所占的比例最高,达59.2%,其次为CMV,占15.5%。BBWV常与CMV复合侵染豌豆,LMV发生也较普遍。田间调查表明,豌豆病毒病发病率因种植地区及品种不同而有差异,平均发病率为12.4%。     

First occurrence of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sugarcane streak mosaic virus</Emphasis> infecting sugarcane in Indonesia

On plants at 59 sugarcane plantations in Central and East Java, Indonesia, we found virus-like symptoms such as streak mosaic. The virus was transmitted mechanically and was sett-borne. The nucleotide sequence of the coat protein gene had the highest identity with that of Sugarcane streak mosaic virus (SCSMV) isolate Pakistani. We tentatively designate this isolate as SCSMV-Idn (Indonesia).     

Diversity of the coat protein-coding region among Ilarvirus isolates infecting hop in Australia

Coat protein (CP) sequences of 17 Ilarvirus isolates were obtained from hops at three farms in Tasmania, Australia. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences and additional database sequences indicated several Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) isolate clusters distinct from Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV): one containing isolates from apple; one containing a single isolate from almond; a third containing Australian hop isolates of the 'apple' serotype and a German isolate of unknown origin; and a fourth containing Australian hop isolates of the 'intermediate' serotype. Isolates from hop, pear and prune from the Czech Republic either formed a fifth grouping, or were divergent members of the 'intermediate' serotype group. Deduced amino acid (aa) residue differences between the coat proteins of the two hop isolate serotype groups were highlighted as possible regions of serological differentiation. No evidence for coinfection of plants with both serotypes was found. Tests of ApMV-infected hop buds using the Shirofugen flowering cherry assay revealed a possible differentiation of the two strains based on hypersensitivity. Because of serological similarities to PNRSV, these viruses have commonly been reported as strains of PNRSV. However, this study shows ilarviruses from Australian hops are strains of ApMV, but distinct from those infecting Malus spp.     

Viruses and virus-like pathogens transmitted by zoosporic fungi1

The viruses and virus-like pathogens transmitted by zoosporic fungi are reviewed. The nine furoviruses (and possible members of the group), with labile rod-shaped particles, have nearly all been shown to be transmitted by plasmodiophoromycete vectors. As they have been reviewed extensively elsewhere, they are covered only briefly; important examples are beet necrotic yellow vein furovirus and potato mop-top furovirus. Five viruses with filamentous particles, tentatively recognized as poty viruses, are transmitted by Polymyxa graminis. Within this group, wheat yellow mosaic virus should be considered to include wheat spindle streak mosaic virus, while the M and NM forms of barley yellow mosaic virus, the best known members of the group, should probably be regarded as distinct viruses. Chytrids (especially Olpidium brassicae) transmit a variety of viruses in different groups (e.g. tobacco necrosis necrovirus, lettuce big-vein virus, melon necrotic spot carmovirus, red clover necrotic mosaic dianthovirus). Finally, several diseases caused by uncharacterized pathogens appear to be transmitted by O. brassicae: freesia leaf necrosis, lettuce ring necrosis, pepper yellow vein, watercress chlorotic leaf spot.     

一种侵染滇重楼的Potexvirus病毒分离物分子鉴定及其3'末端序列分析

 从云南武定的滇重楼上得到一个病毒分离物Paris-YN,病毒粒体为弯曲线状。利用RT-PCR扩增获得一条1074bp的片段,序列比较分析发现其与马铃薯X病毒属(Potexvirus)病毒3'末端的结构最为相似,且与属内的白三叶草花叶病毒等20个不同分离物3'末端有36.7%~58.9%的同源性;该病毒cp基因长639个核苷酸,编码212个氨基酸(22.8kDa),与20个Potexvirus病毒分离物的CP氨基酸序列比较发现,Paris-YN与白三叶草花叶病毒的CP氨基酸同源性最高(60.1%)。证据表明,该分离物可能为Potexvirus的新成员,暂命名为重楼X病毒(Paris polyphylla virus X)。     

油菜病毒病种子带病毒的初步研究

 感染芜菁花叶型病毒和烟草花叶型病毒的油菜病株种子的种皮内带有病毒,种胚自未成熟到成熟始终不带病毒。
烟草花叶型病毒在种皮内的存活期限长于芜菁花叶型病毒。烟草花叶型毒株61-16号,在"胜利"油菜病株种子的种皮内可以存活26个月以上;芜菁花叶型病毒存活期最长的一个毒株不超过25个月,最短的不到4个月。