Serological detection of plant viruses in their aphid vectors and host plants in Tunisia

DAS-ELISA was used to study the presence of viruses in four aphid species ( Aphis gossypii , Aphis craccivora , Myzus persicae and Macrosiphum euphorbiae ) and in their host plants potato, capsicum and tomato. Samples were collected in different regions in Tunisia: north, Cap Bon, Sahel, centre and south. A. gossypii and M. persicae carried all the viruses detected: Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus , Tomato aspermy cucumovirus , Tobacco etch potyvirus , Potato Y potyvirus , Alfalfa mosaic alfamovirus and Potato leafroll polerovirus . These two aphids were also those that occurred most frequently on the crops concerned.     

Early intracellular punctures by two aphid species on near-isogenic melon lines with and without the virus aphid transmission (Vat) resistance gene

The Vat resistance gene (in Cucumis melo L.) inhibits the transmission of non-persistent viruses by Aphis gossypii Glover, but does not affect transmission by Myzus persicae (Sulz.). To see whether this difference was behaviourally determined, we investigated the stylet penetration behaviour of these two aphid species by recording EPGs (Electrical Penetration Graphs) of 8 and 20 min on two sets of susceptible and resistant isogenic melon lines. During the 20 min EPG study, inoculation with CMV (Cucumber Mosaic Virus) was also investigated. For both sets of isogenic lines, the two aphid species were able to detect the presence of Vat. The mean duration of individual intracellular punctures on the resistant genotypes was significantly reduced for both M. persicae and A. gossypii (-10% and -8% respectively for duration of pattern ‘pd’ in the 20 min experiment); this reaction appeared faster for M. persicae, a species for which melon was not a suitable host-plant. Therefore, in contrast to Vat's anti-transmission effect, this behavioural effect was not aphid species-specific. Also, the frequency of intracellular punctures on the resistant genotypes was significantly reduced in A. gossypii (but not in M. persicae): on average, this frequency dropped from ≈0.65 pd.min^-1 on the susceptible genotypes to ≈0.5 pd.min^-1 on the resistant ones. It was concluded that (intracellular?) chemical cues were detected very early by aphids probing on the resistant genotypes carrying the Vat gene. However, a comprehensive analysis of the behavioural traits of both aphids on the two genotypes could not alone account for the complete inhibition of transmission which was found only to occur for A. gossypii on resistant genotypes. None of the differences detected (between aphid species or between plant genotypes) could account for the Vat phenotype, although they may explain quantitative differences in transmission efficiencies between aphid species. It was thus concluded that Vat effect was primarily chemically mediated. Finally, some intracellular punctures bearing typical subphases have been identified in both aphid species and were designated as ‘long potential drops’ (pd-L). For A. gossypii, these were observed early after plant contact and their mean duration was twice that of standard intracellular punctures (≈8.5 s vs ≈4.2 s). Although not necessary for CMV inoculation, the duration of such phases was positively correlated with a high transmission efficiency by A. gossypii on the susceptible genotype. The nature of this pattern and a putative mechanism of action of the Vat gene are discussed.     

贵州省烟田蚜虫的种类和田间定殖情况

研究了贵州省烟田蚜虫的种类,结果表明:迁入到烟田的蚜虫隶属9种,其中桃蚜(Myzus persicae)、甘蓝蚜(Brevicoryne brassicae)、豆蚜(Aphis craccivora)、萝卜蚜(Lipaphis erysimi)、麦长管蚜(Macrosiphum miscanthi)占诱集蚜量的90%以上,尤以桃蚜数量最大,是烟田传播病毒病的主要蚜种,能传播多种烟草病毒病。试验结果还表明,单作烟田和毗邻油菜的烟田病毒病发病较高,麦套烟的发病较轻;甘蓝蚜、豆蚜和萝卜蚜基本上不能在烟叶上定殖。     

南京地区夏大豆田蚜虫的消长与大豆花叶病毒(SMV)病的流行

南京地区夏大豆田的定殖蚜虫主要是大豆蚜(Aphis glycines)。1987和1988两年黄皿共诱到29种蚜虫,其中以大豆蚜数量最多,是传播SMV的主要介体,其他介体蚜虫有:绣线菊蚜(A.citricola),豆蚜(A.craccivora)、棉蚜(A.gossypii)、萝卜蚜(Lipaphis erysimi)、桃蚜(Myzus persicae)、玉米蚜(Rhopalosiphum maidis)、麦二叉蚜(Schizaphis graminum)和二叶草彩斑蚜(Therioaphis trifolii)。1987年蚜虫迁飞峰出现在大豆花期以前,2周后田间出现发病高峰,SMV发病增长率与蚜虫迁飞量呈显著的线性正相关(P<0.01);1988年蚜虫迁飞峰发生在大豆花期以后,其迁飞量与SMV的流行无显著线性相关(P>0.05)。     

芝麻上花生条纹病毒的发生规律

ＥＬＩＳＡ和生长法检测结果表明,芝麻种不种传ＰＳｔＶ,感染ＰＳｔＶ的花生是芝麻黄花叶病毒病的主要初侵染源。桃蚜、豆蚜和大事蚜能传播芝麻上ＰＳｔＶ,传毒率分别为３７％、１９．３％和１３．８％,而经为０。黄花叶病害流行程度肥芝麻生育期蚜虫发生量互作作用影响。芝麻黄花叶病害年度间流行程度差异大,发病率与６月下旬７月上旬平均气温、降雨量及雨日在。芝麻苗期至蕾期为感病生育期,进入开花后期,芝麻对ＰＳｔＶ 表     

Stability of the aphid transmission phenotype in cucumber mosaic virus

The stability of the aphid transmission phenotype in seven field isolates of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) was studied, using aphids Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae . Field isolates, obtained from four vegetable crops, were propagated in squash and Nicotiana glutinosa , and passaged by either aphid transmission or mechanical transfer. All seven isolates were transmissible by both aphids and this aphid transmission phenotype was stable after 20–24 mechanical passages. Upon further mechanical passaging, one of the seven isolates, CMV-2 A1-MT 60x, lost its transmissibility by Myzus persicae but was still transmissible by Aphis gossypii , although at a reduced rate. Isolates maintained by both aphid transmission and mechanical transfer were transmitted more efficiently by Aphis gossypii than by Myzus persicae . A comparison of the RNA profiles showed no major differences among the CMV isolates before and after mechanical passage.     

Transmission efficiency of Cucumber mosaic virus by aphids associated with virus epidemics in snap bean

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is a major component of the virus complex that has become more pronounced in snap bean in the midwestern and northeastern United States since 2001. Multiple-vector-transfer tests were done to estimate the CMV transmission efficiencies (p) of the main aphid species identified in commercial snap bean fields in New York and Pennsylvania. The four most efficient vectors (p > 0.05) were Aphis gossypii, A. glycines, Acyrthosiphon pisum, and Therioaphis trifolii, which were all significant species in the migratory aphid populations in snap bean. Moderately efficient vectors (0.01 < p < 0.04) were A. spiraecola, A. craccivora, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, and Rhopalosiphum maidis. Poor vectors (p < 0.01) included A. fabae, Nearctaphis bakeri, and Myzus persicae. Only one species, Sitobion avenae, failed to transmit CMV in replicated tests. Estimates of p were consistent between different clones of the same aphid species and among three different field isolates of CMV tested. Single-vector-transfer test results for a subset of the species supported those obtained via the multiple-vector-transfer approach. Our results are consistent with the notion that A. glycines is a major vector of recent CMV epidemics in snap bean, but that species is only one of several that are involved.     

Characteristics of Beet Yellows Closterovirus Transmission to Sugar Beets by Aphis fabae

ABSTRACT Laboratory studies were conducted on the characteristics of beet yellows closterovirus (BYV) transmission to sugar beets by the bean aphid, Aphis fabae. The relative transmission efficiency and the retention, acquisition, and inoculation thresholds were evaluated using clonal aphid colonies. Transmission efficiency was studied between different apterous aphid species (A. fabae and Myzus persicae ), between alate and apterous morphs of A. fabae and M. persicae, and among five clonal aphid colonies of A. fabae. Results indicated, on average, that apterous M. persicae transmitted twice as efficiently as apterous A. fabae (60 and 34%, respectively), apterous forms of A. fabae were equally efficient in transmitting BYV as compared with alate A. fabae (28 and 29%, respectively), and the five clonal colonies of A. fabae ranged from 28 to 40% transmission efficiency with an average of 34%. The maximum retention time recorded for BYV by A. fabae was between 24 and 48 h. After a 1-h acquisition access, a transmission efficiency of 10% was obtained, with maximum transmission efficiency (the highest average percent transmission that is statistically different from all other previous averages) of 39% reached after 6 h of acquisition access. Inoculation thresholds occurred within 1 h, with maximum transmission efficiency (42%) reached after a 6-h inoculation access. Using an electronic monitoring system, a range of 9 to 38 min (20.5 mean) was recorded for the stylets of A. fabae to reach the phloem sieve elements. This was consistent with our threshold of a 20-min acquisition access recorded through direct observation.     

农药常用有机溶剂对烟蚜、棉蚜和大豆蚜定居行为的影响

实验室内研究了10种常用有机溶剂对烟蚜Myzus persicae、棉蚜Aphis gossypii、大豆蚜Aphis glycines定居行为的影响及蚜虫的行为反应。结果显示,3种蚜虫对供试有机溶剂具有相似的行为反应。在1~10 μL剂量范围下,乙醇、乙二醇、乙酸乙酯、二甲基甲酰胺和丙酮对3种蚜虫的定居行为有轻度的影响,但苯、二甲苯、己烷、石油醚和乙醚对蚜虫的定居行为有显著的影响。在适宜剂量下,3种蚜虫对苯和二甲苯的移动率皆超过30%,并伴随剧烈的行为反应。此外,棉蚜、烟蚜对己烷与石油醚反应的移动率分别达到44.27%、46.45%和49.90%、52.58%。     

3种蚜虫对方斑瓢虫适合度及种群增长的影响

方斑瓢虫是新疆农田常见的天敌昆虫之一,具有重要的控害潜能和应用前景。本文利用生命表技术探讨了棉蚜、桃蚜和豌豆修尾蚜对方斑瓢虫生长发育、存活率、繁殖力、寿命和种群数量增长趋势的影响。结果表明,与饲喂豌豆修尾蚜的方斑瓢虫种群相比,饲喂棉蚜和桃蚜的种群幼虫发育历期和平均世代周期更短,存活率、雌虫产卵量、卵孵化率、成虫寿命、内禀增长率、周限增长率和种群趋势指数更高。饲喂棉蚜、桃蚜和豌豆修尾蚜的方斑瓢虫幼虫存活率分别为85.83%、88.33%和50.83%,单雌产卵量分别为516.71、439.95粒和209.00粒,以棉蚜和桃蚜为食的幼虫存活率和雌虫产卵量均显著高于以豌豆修尾蚜为食的种群;取食棉蚜、桃蚜和豌豆修尾蚜的方斑瓢虫种群内禀增长率分别为0.216 9、0.212 5和0.044 3,种群趋势指数分别为164.10、130.93和20.98,以棉蚜和桃蚜为食的方斑瓢虫种群增长趋势均显著高于饲喂豌豆修尾蚜的种群。综合以上各项参数,棉蚜和桃蚜是方斑瓢虫的适宜天然猎物。其中,桃蚜规模饲养更为便捷,成本较低,是方斑瓢虫规模化扩繁的优选猎物。研究结果对方斑瓢虫的规模化人工饲养及释放应用具有重要的...     

大豆花叶病毒病的鉴定

 1978年到1979年在江苏南京和扬州进行了大豆上发生最普遍的一种花叶病毒病的鉴定工作。系统地观察了病害的症状。发病初期表现明脉,并发展为斑驳花叶,叶缘自下呈波纹状卷曲,以后出现皱缩或沿叶脉两侧呈泡状突起等症状。病株根系发育差,产生的根瘤少而小,并常常形成无绒毛的豆荚和褐色斑纹的种子,病株有恋青情况。
病株种子的传毒率可高达58.1%。测定的6种蚜虫中有桃蚜(Myzus per-sicae)、大豆蚜(Aphis glycine),首蓿蚜(Aphis craccivera)、棉蚜(Aphis gossgpii)、菜蚜(Rhopalosiphuns pseudobrassicae)能传病,而麦长管蚜(Sitobion avenae)不能传病。
这种病毒的寄主范围很窄,测定的14种植物中只能侵染大豆,不能侵染其它豆科植物,也不能侵染烟草、心叶烟、千日红、百日菊、曼陀罗和小藜等。
抗性测定的致死温度为65~68℃,稀释限点是1:2000~1:10,000倍,体外保毒期6天。
用浸出法和磷钨酸负染的电子显微镜观察为大小±750×13nm的线条状病毒粒体。
根据以上性状,这种大豆病毒病的病原鉴定为大豆花叶病毒(SMV)属马铃薯Y病毒群(Poly virus group)。     

一种蚜虫持久性传病的长豇豆黄化型病毒

 1983年6月,在南京郊区的长豇豆上采到1株表现植株矮缩症状的C-7病毒分离物。接种试验证明,它不能摩擦接种传病,但可以由豆蚜(Aphis craccivora)、棉蚜(A.gossypii)和桃蚜(Myzus persicae)以持久性方式传病。寄主范围测定的结果表明:分离物可以侵染长豇豆、豇豆、蚕豆、大豆、菜豆、豌豆、赤豆、利马豆、苜蓿、红三叶、地三叶、绛三叶、葫芦巴,紫云英和苕子等15种豆科植物和曼陀罗1种茄科植物。这些植物大都出现植株矮化,叶片扭曲,卷缩或僵缩,不能开花结实等症状。豆蚜的传病性状中,获毒饲育的最短传病时间为3小时,接毒饲育最短传病时间为10分钟,循回期是24小时左右。但是,传病率最高的获毒饲育时间是2~3天,接毒饲育时间在1天以上。接种1头蚜虫就具有传病能力,5头蚜虫能达到100%的传病率。蚜虫可以终身传毒,蜕皮不影响其传毒力,但传毒有间歇性。根据它的基本性状,病毒C-7分离物是一种豆科植物的黄化型病毒,可能是属于大麦黄矮病毒组(Luteovirus Group)的成员。     

Transmissibility of Cucumber mosaic virus by Aphis gossypii Correlates with Viral Accumulation and Is Affected by the Presence of Its Satellite RNA

ABSTRACT Satellite RNAs (satRNAs) are associated with Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in tomato, most often causing severe epidemics of necrotic plants, and not associated with specific host symptoms. Laboratory studies on virus transmission by the aphid vector Aphis gossypii were performed to better understand the dynamics of field populations of CMV. The presence of satRNAs correlated with lower concentrations of virus in infected plants and with a decrease in the efficiency of transmission from satRNA-infected plants. Both the concentration of virus in CMV-infected tomato and the efficiency of transmission varied more extensively with nonnecrogenic satRNAs than with necrogenic satRNAs. A negative effect of satRNAs on virus accumulation can account, in part, for a decrease in the field transmission and recovery of CMV + satRNAs. Aphids behaved differently and probed less readily on plants infected with CMV + necrogenic satRNAs compared with plants containing non-necrogenic satRNAs. Aphid-mediated satRNA-free CMV infections were observed in test plants when aphids were fed on source plants containing CMV + nonnecrogenic satRNA; no comparable satRNA-free test plants occurred when aphids were fed on source plants containing necrogenic satRNAs. These results indicate that factors associated with transmission can be a determinant in the evolution of natural populations of CMV and its satRNA.     

Identification and transmission of Piper yellow mottle virus and Cucumber mosaic virus infecting black pepper (Piper nigrum) in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan black pepper with symptoms of yellow mottle disease contained a mixture of viruses: Piper yellow mottle virus (PYMV) particles (30 × 130 nm), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV, 30 nm diameter isometric particles), and unidentified, isometric virus-like particles (30 nm diameter). An effective purification procedure is described for PYMV. Immunosorbent and conventional electron microscopy successfully detected badnavirus particles only when at least partially purified extracts were used. PYMV was confirmed as the cause of the disease, with the other two viruses apparently playing no part in producing symptoms. PYMV was transmitted by grafting, by the insect vectors citrus mealy bug ( Planococcus citri ) and black pepper lace bug ( Diconocoris distanti ), but not by mechanical inoculation or through seeds. The CMV isolate was transmitted to indicator plants by mechanical inoculation and by the vector Aphis gossypii , but not by Myzus persicae ; but neither mechanical nor insect transmission of CMV to black pepper was successful. A sensitive polymerase chain reaction assay was developed to detect PYMV in black pepper.     

Role of acquisition and inoculation time in the expression of clonal variation for BYDV-PAV transmission in the aphid species Rhopalosiphum padi

Vector efficiency of 20 Rhopalosiphum padi clones, originating from Europe, North America and North Africa and exhibiting different types of life cycle, was evaluated by transmitting a French BYDV-PAV isolate to barley plants under five different acquisition/inoculation sequences (AAP/IAP). Differences between clones in transmission efficiency were found only when a short AAP was followed by a long IAP (6 h/120 h) and, to some extent, when a long AAP (48 h) was followed by a short IAP (6 h), but no differences were found when the conditions for virus transmission were optimal, i.e. long AAP followed by long IAP (48 h/120 h). There were no differences in transmission rates by clones of different geographical origins and with different life cycles. As a consequence, clonal variation is probably of little importance in the vector aspects of the epidemiology of PAV serotypes transmitted by R. padi , but the availability of a range of clones exhibiting transmission differences under limiting AAP or IAP conditions could be of interest for studies of virus–vector relationships.     

Relationships of the Sardinian isolate of tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus with its whitefly vectorBemisia tabaci Gen

Relationships of an Italian isolate of tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus from Sardinia (TYLCV-S) with its whitefly vectorBemisia tabaci were studied by means of experimental transmissions from tomato to tomato plants. TYLCV-S was confirmed to be transmitted in a persistent, circulative manner. The minimum latent period in the vector was between 17 and 20 h from the beginning of the acquisition access period (AAP). The maximum retention of infectivity was 8 days from the end of the AAP. Both acquisition and inoculation feeding times influenced the detected proportion of infective insects, with patterns well described by an exponential model. Acquisition was more efficient than inoculation. Males were significantly less efficient vectors than females. Nymphs were as efficient as adults in acquiring the virus. The length of AAP influenced both the retention of infectivity, and the pattern of transmission in serial transfer transmission tests with individual females. No significant difference in transmission efficiency was detected between two colonies ofB. tabaci, one inducing typical silverleaf symptoms on squash, the other inducing only mild symptoms with more than 50 whiteflies per plant. The phenomenon of periodic acquisition was not unequivocally proved for TYLCV-S.Research supported by the National Research Council of Italy, Special Project RAISA, Sub-project N. 2. Paper N. 1961.Supported by a grant from the Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano (Bari), Italy.     

Effect of temperature, vector life stage, and plant access period on transmission of banana bunchy top virus to banana

The study of the transmission biology of insect-borne plant viruses is important to develop disease control practices. We characterized the transmission of a nanovirus, Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), by its aphid vector Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera, Aphididae) with respect to temperature, vector life stage, and plant access time. Adult aphids transmitted BBTV more efficiently than third instar nymphs at all temperatures tested. Adult aphids transmitted the virus more efficiently at 25 and 30 degrees C than at 20 degrees C, but temperature had no impact on transmission efficiency by nymphs. By decoupling the relationship between temperature and aphid BBTV acquisition or inoculation, we determined that temperature affected inoculation events more strongly than acquisition. Longer plant access periods increased viral acquisition and inoculation efficiencies in a range of 60 min to 24 h. Both BBTV acquisition and inoculation efficiencies peaked after 18 h of plant access period. We also show that BBTV transmission by P. nigronervosa requires a latent period. Our results demonstrate that vector transmission of BBTV is affected by temperature, vector life stage, and plant access period.     

种子带毒率及有翅蚜降落量对SMV流行的影响

大豆田主要迁飞降落的蚜虫有大豆蚜、棉蚜、玉米蚜、桃蚜、禾谷缢管蚜、豆蚜等,而大豆蚜的数量占绝对优势。当有翅蚜迁飞降落量大,同时田间病株率高时,SMV日侵染率高,最高达49.57%。田间有翅蚜发生和迁飞降落高峰一般在7月份,此时的迁飞降落蚜量和SMV的种子带毒率决定病害流行的程度。0.5%种子带毒率显著推迟SMV流行的时期。田间有翅蚜发生和飞翔高峰期推迟到8月份,0.2%和0.1%种子带毒率可控制SMV的流行为害。     

Aphid and host plant species in the Arava Valley of Israel: Epidemiological aspects

A survey of aphid species which colonize or reproduce on wild and cultivated plants in the Arava Valley of Israel was carried out at the end of winter 1986. Thirty-three aphid species were collected on wild plants and 23 in green tile or yellow traps exposed in cultivated plots. Aphids were recorded from 77 plant species in 22 botanical families.Myzus persicae, Aphis craccivora, Brachyunguis harmalae, Acyrthosiphon gossypii andAphis gossypii were present on plants in 19 botanical families. M. persicae was the most frequently trapped aphid species in both green tile and yellow traps. The possible origin of the aphid species found in the desert was considered in view of the ecology and geography of the region. The role of aphid species trapped in the Arava Valley, in the epidemiology of potato virus Y (PVY) and zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV), is discussed. Publication of the Agricultural Research Organization. No. 2305-E, 1988 series.