Genetics of resistance to cotton leaf curl disease in Gossypium hirsutum

Twenty-two cotton varieties were screened for resistance to cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD), a disease of viral origin, using three procedures: field evaluation, whitefly transmission assay and graft inoculation. Viral infection of cotton varieties was determined by visual symptom assessment as well as dot-blot and multiplex PCR diagnostic techniques. Crosses were made between the most susceptible variety (S-12) and highly resistant varieties (CP-15/2, LRA-5166 and CIM-443). All F₁ plants of these crosses were resistant, showing dominant expression of the resistance as well as the absence of extrachromosomal inheritance. The F₂ plants of the crosses CP-15/2 × S12, LRA-5166 × S-12 and CIM-443 × S12 exhibited a ratio of 13 resistant (symptomless) to three susceptible (with symptoms). Screening of the F₂ generation for virus infection by multiplex PCR further subdivided the resistant class into those exhibiting a high level of resistance (HR; PCR-negative) and those exhibiting resistance (R; symptomless, yet showing virus replication by PCR analysis). Hence, the final ratio was 3:10:3 (HR:resistant:susceptible). The F₃ progeny of susceptible F₂ plants segregated for resistance, indicating the probable presence of a suppressor gene ( S ). These findings are consistent with three genes being involved in G. hirsutum resistance to CLCuD, two for resistance ( R _1CLCuDhir and R _2CLCuDhir ) and a suppressor of resistance ( S _CLCuDhir ).     

番茄黄化曲叶病毒在湖北首次报道

2014年春季,在湖北省武汉市发现种植的番茄表现植株矮缩,叶片上卷,叶缘黄化等症状。PCR检测结果显示,所有采集的病样中均存在菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒。进一步通过滚环扩增方法获得了该病毒的湖北分离物HB01的全基因组。基因克隆及序列分析结果表明,该病毒基因组全长为2 781nt,与已报道的番茄黄化曲叶病毒(TYLCV)各分离物同源性在89.0%以上,而与来自中国不同地区的TYLCV分离物的同源率均在97.0%以上。因此,HB01属于TYLCV的一个分离物。     

First report of a geminivirus causing leaf curl disease on Trigonella corniculata evidenced by PCR using degenerate primers

A leaf curl and mottle disease was observed naturally affecting plants of Trigonella corniculata. A geminivirus was detected in infected plants by PCR using degenerate geminivirus primers and by Southern hybridization with a probe specific to tomato leaf curl begomovirus. This is the first report of a member of the Geminiviridae naturally occurring in T. corniculata.     

An analysis of the resistance of Gossypium arboreum to cotton leaf curl disease by grafting

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is a serious constraint to cotton production across Pakistan and north-western India. In the Punjab province of Pakistan at this time CLCuD is associated with one virus, Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus (CLCuBuV), and its associated betasatellite, Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMuB). Although some resistance to the virus complex causing CLCuD has been identified in Gossypium hirsutum, this has in the past proven not to be durable. At this time no commercial lines with strong resistance (immunity) to CLCuD are available. Although the cotton fibre produced by Gossypium arboreum is not of the quality required by processors, the species has a number of desirable characters, including resistance to a number of abiotic and biotic stresses, including CLCuD. For this reason there have been efforts to introgress CLCuD-resistance from G. arboreum into G. hirsutum. However, the nature of the resistance of G. arboreum to the viruses causing CLCuD remains unknown. An initial analysis of the resistance was herein conducted by graft inoculation. Graft inoculation of G. arboreum genotype Ravi with scions from severely infected G. hirsutum genotype CIM 496 plants showed that G. arboreum is able to support virus/betasatellite replication and long-distance spread. However, following grafting, only a small number of leaves developing at the time of grafting became mildly symptomatic and symptomatic tissue contained low amounts of virus/satellite DNA, as detected by Southern blot hybridisation; significantly less than the levels seen in G. hirsutum. The symptoms did not spread to the young upper leaves of graft inoculated plants, which contained DNA levels that could only be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or PCR following an initial amplification by rolling circle amplification–indicating very low DNA levels. The results showed that the resistance of G. arboreum to the virus complex causing CLCuD likely does not involve a mechanism that interferes with delivery of virus by the insect vector. Rather the resistance appears to be due to poor virus replication and possibly interference in short distance (cell-to-cell) spread.     

Association of Tomato leaf curl Joydebpur virus and a betasatellite with leaf curl disease of eggplant

Leaf samples (five) from brinjal/eggplant fields showing upward leaf curling symptoms were collected from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India. The full length genome of begomovirus and associated betasatellite were amplified by PCR, cloned and sequenced. Sequences of homologous DNA-A and its betasatellite in all samples were the same. The samples failed to amplify DNA-B, suggesting that the begomovirus associated with leaf curl disease of eggplant was monopartite. The complete genome (homologous of DNA-A) consists of 2758 nts, whereas the betasatellite has 1352 nts and the genome organization is typical of Old World begomoviruses. The sequence analysis showed high levels of nucleotide sequence identity (79.8–91.7%) of virus with Tomato leaf curl Joydebpur virus (ToLCJoV) infecting chilli in India, suggesting it as a strain of ToLCJoV based on the current ICTV taxonomic criteria for begomovirus strain demarcation. However, the betasatellite associated was identified as a variant of Tomato leaf curl Bangladesh betasatellite (ToLCBDB), with which it shared highest sequence identity of 84.7–94.8%. Phylogenetic analyses of the genome further supported the above results. The recombination analyses of both genome and betasatellite showed that a major part of genome sequences are derived from begomoviruses (ToLCJoV, ChiLCuV, AEV) infecting chilli, tomato, ageratum and betasatellite from PaLCuB as the foremost parents in evolution, suggesting this as a new recombinant virus strain. This is the first report of a monopartite begomovirus and a betasatellite molecule associated with the leaf curl disease of eggplant.     

木尔坦棉花曲叶病毒已对我国棉花生产构成严重威胁

木尔坦棉花曲叶病毒是引起巴基斯坦和印度棉花曲叶病流行的主要病原之一,是由烟粉虱以持久方式传播。近年来,在广东和广西分别发现了严重侵染朱槿和黄秋葵的木尔坦棉花曲叶病毒。虽然广东和广西不种植棉花,但该病毒传播介体烟粉虱在广东、广西及我国棉花产区都有分布。因此该病毒的入侵,对我国棉花生产构成严重威胁。     

Tomato leaf curl Oman virus and associated Betasatellite causing leaf curl disease in tomato in Pakistan

European Journal of Plant Pathology - The ongoing global spread of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) poses an endemic threat to tomato production in all tropical and sub-tropical regions of the...