河南甜樱桃病毒病害调查及病原检测

在河南省郑州市、巩义市、荥阳市、新郑市选择具有代表性的甜樱桃生产园对病毒病发生情况进行调查,采集表现为疑似病毒病症状的样本65份,利用7种病毒引物进行RT-PCR检测。5种病毒检测结果呈阳性,分别是李属坏死环斑病毒(Prunus necrotic ringspot virus,PNRSV)、李矮缩病毒(Prune dwarf virus,PDV)、樱桃绿环斑驳病毒(Cherry green ring mottle virus,CGRMV)、樱桃坏死锈斑病毒(Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus,CNRMV)及樱桃病毒A(Cherry virus A,CVA);序列分析结果表明,5种病毒扩增片段与GenBank中注册的相应病毒核苷酸序列均具有较高的一致性;样本病毒检出率为100%,其中13份样本为单独侵染,其余52份样本均为多病毒复合侵染,占比高达80%,复合侵染比例随着侵染病毒种类的增多逐渐降低;病毒侵染组合与叶片表型症状无明显对应关系。     

玉米茉莉酸信号途径参与抵抗玉米褪绿斑驳病毒的侵染

为研究茉莉酸（jasmonic acid, JA）信号途径在玉米响应玉米褪绿斑驳病毒（maize chloroticmottle virus, MCMV）侵染中的作用,利用外源喷施茉莉酸甲酯 （methyl jasmonate, MeJA）方法,采用病毒诱导的基因沉默技术以及玉米原生质体过表达探究JA信号途径是否参与玉米抗MCMV侵染。结果表明,相比于对照, MCMV在外源喷施MeJA的玉米植株上引起的褪绿和花叶症状明显减轻, MCMV基因组RNA积累水平下降了69%,外壳蛋白 （coat protein, CP）积累水平下降了43%,表明MeJA处理提升了玉米植株对MCMV的抗性。在沉默JA信号途径抑制基因 ZmJAZ5的玉米植株上,相比于对照植株, MCMV引起的褪绿及花叶症状也明显减轻, MCMV的基因组RNA积累水平下降了71%, CP积累水平下降了56%。在玉米原生质体中过表达ZmJAZ5后,与对照相比, MCMV基因组RNA积累水平上升了1.58倍, CP积累水平上升了1.34倍。表明JA信号途径在玉米抵抗MCMV侵染过程中发挥着关键作用。     

Detection of carrot red leaf virus-RNA in carrot seeds by multiplex RT-nested PCR

A practical method to detect carrot red leaf virus (CtRLV)-RNA in carrot seeds using a multiplex RT-nested PCR was developed. Total RNA was extracted from carrot seeds by the guanidine thiocyanate method. RT-PCR was performed with a one step RT-PCR kit with CtRLV primers and carrot ubiquitin primers for the internal control, and the second PCR was performed with CtRLV nested primers. Ubiquitin were detected by the first PCR in all samples, while distinct CtRLV-RNA was detected by the 2nd PCR. CtRLV-RNA was detected from carrot seeds from three cultivars. The multiplex RT-nested PCR method was able to detect CtRLV-RNA from a single carrot seed.     

Cucumber mosaic virus isolated from Aconitum spp. in Japan

Viruses were isolated from leaves of plants of Aconitum species with symptoms such as mottling and yellowing in Hokkaido and Gunma prefectures in Japan. These viruses were identified as Cucumber mosaic virus (subgroup II) based on particle morphology, host range, aphid transmission, and serology.     

Surveys of cassava plantations in Colombia for virus and virus-like diseases

The cassava common mosaic virus (CsCMV) and the frogskin (FSD) disease agent have been reported to reduce cassava yields significantly in South America. However, little information is available on the distribution and incidence of these and other cassava virus diseases in Colombia. Cassava plants collected in three principal cassava production zones of Colombia were tested for the presence of CsCMV, cassava × virus (CsXV), and the Caribbean mosaic disease (CMD) and FSD agents. Some plants were also tested for the presence of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). CsCMV was not detected in any of the 870 plants from 86 plantations. CsXV was detected in 51% of the 150 plants collected in the Cauca Department in south-central Colombia. The virus was present on all 15 cassava plantations surveyed. The CMD agent was detected in 17% of the 138 plants sampled in the Department of Magdalena in northern Colombia. FSD root symptoms were observed on 25 and 3% of plants examined in the Departments of Cauca and Magdalena, respectively. None of the 570 plants collected in areas west of the Rio Magdalena in the Departments of Atläntico, Bolivar, Córdoba and Sucre were found to be infected with any of these disease agents. However, some plants sampled in this region were found to contain multiple dsRNA species of unknown origin.     

Characterization and Detection of Several Filamentous Viruses of Cherry: Adaptation of an Alternative Cloning Method (DOP-PCR), and Modification of an RNA Extraction Protocol

For the identification and analysis of new RNA plant viruses infecting fruit trees, an initial step often involves the laborious procedure of isolation and cDNA synthesis and cloning from purified viral dsRNA. For subsequent RT-PCR detection of these and other viruses from tissue with high phenolic and polysaccharide concentrations, a simple and efficient extraction protocol for viral nucleic acid is also important. A method for rapid cDNA cloning from small amounts of purified dsRNA using a modification of degenerate oligo primed polymerase chain reaction mbox(DOP-PCR), and a modification of a protocol for effective extraction of viral RNA for use in RT-PCR are presented. Both methods were used to analyze a number of mottling diseases described in cherry. The causal agents for two of these diseases have been previously described, Cherry green ring mottle virus, a tentative member of the foveaviruses, and Cherry mottle leaf virus, a member of the trichoviruses. For the diseases cherry rusty mottle and cherry necrotic rusty mottle, data are presented identifying viruses associated with each disease. Viruses associated with cherry rusty mottle, cherry necrotic rusty mottle and European isolates of cherry mottle leaf diseases, are closely related to Cherry green ring mottle virus and can be tentatively included in the foveavirus genus. An additional virus, related to cherry green ring mottle virus, was discovered by RT-PCR cloning and appears to be a common latent virus of cherry. Finally, isolates of cherry necrotic mottle disease could be assayed positive by RT-PCR for a virus     

Effect of temperature on RNA silencing of a negative‐stranded RNA plant virus: Citrus psorosis virus

Citrus psorosis virus (CPsV), genus Ophiovirus, causes a bark scaling disease of citrus. CPsV virions are kinked filaments with three negative‐stranded RNA molecules (vRNA) and a 48 kDa coat protein. The effect of temperature on symptom expression, virus accumulation and RNA silencing was examined in sweet orange seedlings (Citrus sinensis) graft‐inoculated with three different CPsV isolates and grown in a glasshouse at 26/18°C or 32/26°C (day/night). Most plants kept in the cooler glasshouse showed a shock reaction in the first flush with shoot necrosis, and then moderate to intense chlorotic flecking and spotting in young leaves, whereas plants incubated at 32/26°C did not exhibit shoot necrosis, and young leaf symptoms were milder. Virus titre estimated by ELISA and by northern and dot blot hybridization paralleled symptom intensity, with significantly higher virus accumulation in plants incubated at 26/18°C. The amount of CPsV‐derived small RNAs (CPsV‐sRNAs) slightly increased at 32/26°C, with the ratio of CPsV‐sRNA/vRNA being higher at 32/26°C than at 26/18°C. These results suggest that (i) CPsV infection induces RNA silencing in citrus plants, (ii) symptom intensity is associated with virus accumulation, and (iii) temperature increase enhances the RNA silencing response of citrus plants and decreases virus accumulation.     

我国发现由甘薯褪绿矮化病毒和甘薯羽状斑驳病毒协生共侵染引起的甘薯病毒病害

甘薯病毒病害(Sweet potato virus disease,SPVD)是由毛形病毒属(Crinivirus)的甘薯褪绿矮化病毒(Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus,SPCSV)和马铃薯Y病毒属(Potyvirus)的甘薯羽状斑驳病毒(Sweet potato feathery mottle virus,SPFMV)协生共侵染甘薯引起的病毒病害[1].     

First report of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Impatiens necrotic spot virus</Emphasis> infecting chrysanthemum (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Chrysanthemum morifolium</Emphasis>) in Japan

In 2009, chlorotic mottle and necrosis were observed on chrysanthemums (cv. Jimba) in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. A virus was isolated from the chrysanthemum plants by serial local-lesion transfer. The symptoms exhibited by the test plants, the particle morphology, the features of the protein and the potential for transmission by thrips were similar to those for Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV). The partial nucleotide sequences of the nucleocapsid protein gene and the 3′-untranslated sequence of the S RNA shared 99% identity with that of an INSV isolate. This report is the first of INSV infection of chrysanthemums in Japan.     

The S RNA segment determines symptom differences on Tetragonia expansa between two Watermelon silver mottle virus isolates

The WS-Y isolate of Watermelon silver mottle virus (WSMoV) causes severe necrosis in Tetragonia expansa. To determine the RNA segment that induces symptoms, genome reassorants between WS-Y and an isolate causing mild mottle, WS-O, were generated. The origin of each segment in the reassortants was identified by RT-PCR and subsequent restriction enzyme analysis of the amplified fragments. Thirty genome reassortants were isolated from co-infected T. expansa plants. The reassortants with the S RNA segment of WS-Y caused severe necrosis, while those with the S RNA segment of WS-O caused a mild mottle; hence, the S RNA determined symptom expression. The incidence of reassortants was disproportional among genotypes. The most frequent genome reassortant possesses the L RNA of WS-Y, the M RNA of WS-O and the S RNA of WS-Y. A similar ratio of genotypes was found in isolates of local lesions on Chenopodium quinoa. These results strongly suggested that competition occurred independently between the individual RNA segments in a co-infected T. expansa plant, not between isolates.     

A mild strain of broad bean mottle virus from faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in the Sudan

A new strain of broad bean mottle virus, isolated from faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in the Sudan, is described. It differs considerably from known isolates by its nearly symptomless infection of faba bean in spite of high concentrations of the virus in infected plants. It does not differ from regular isolates in gel-diffusion serology, light and electron microscopy, host range and symptoms in major hosts other than faba bean. It may constitute a potential threat to other food legumes in the region.     

侵染四川辣椒的番茄斑萎病毒和辣椒轻斑驳病毒的小RNA测序检测及鉴定

 调查发现四川省汶川县当地辣椒的病毒病严重且症状多样,病样粗提液摩擦接种辣椒、矮牵牛和三生烟,出现辣椒系统性花叶焦枯和茎尖坏死,指示植物表现局部枯斑。对3个不同症状的病果进行sRNA深度测序鉴定,发现均含有番茄斑萎病毒(Tomato spotted wilt virus,TSWV)和辣椒轻斑驳病毒(Pepper mild mottle virus,PMMoV)。通过RT-PCR技术进行验证,结果显示所有病样的果皮和部分新鲜种子以及回接寄主的病叶均检测到TSWV和PMMoV,表明该地辣椒病毒病是由TSWV和PMMoV复合侵染引起。这是TSWV侵染四川辣椒的首次报道。分别基于TSWV N基因序列和PMMoV CP基因序列构建系统发育树,汶川分离物TSWV-WC(MK468469)与贵州分离物(KP684518)亲缘关系最近,PMMoV-WC(MK408614)与北京分离物(AY859497)亲缘关系最近。推测该地辣椒病毒病可能与品种引进有关。     

Description of symptoms and assessment of loss caused by some viruses in the carnation cultivar ‘william sim’

A study was made of the influence of carnation mottle, ring spot and vein mottle viruses on carnations of the ‘William Sim’ variety by artificial infection of virus-free plants of one single clone. No clear leaf symptoms were obtained by artificial infection with the mottle virus, but leaf symptoms appeared on plants infected with the ring spot virus and the growth of these plants was markedly reduced. The carnation vein mottle virus caused a definite leaf flecking. A depressing effect on yield was demonstrated with all three viruses. Vein mottle was serious, particularly because it caused flower colour breaking. The ring spot virus, also, had a depressing effect on the quality of the flowers, causing a high percentage of split calices. The carnation mottle virus also caused a reduction in the quality of the produce, though not so intense as that caused by the ring spot virus. A combination of the two last-mentioned viruses proved slightly more serious than the ring spot virus alone.     

豇豆退绿斑驳病毒(CCMV)突变体的混合侵染研究

 本研究采用PCR点突变的方法,对豇豆退绿斑驳病毒(CCMV) RNA3的cDNA克隆进行突变,突变体TP7是在外壳蛋白基因之前突变形成一个独特的Sal I酶切点;TP8是在3a基因之前突变形成一个独特的Bam H I酶切点;AG 1是在外壳蛋白基因之后突变形成一个独特的Not I酶切点。TP7、TP8、AG1体外转录产物分别与CCMV RNA1、RNA2的c DNA克隆的体外转录产物混和后接种豇豆,结果表明,接种后第6 d TP7植株首先表现出症状,9d后TP8、AG1和野生型CCMV接种的植株表现出症状,TP7的症状发展最快。
采用TP7、TP8、AG1接种20 d的毒源植株,按TP7+TP8、TP7+AG1、TP8+AG1等量混合汁液接种豇豆,接种20 d,通过RT-PCR分析接种植物,在TP7+TP8和TP7+AG1混合侵染中,TP7在混合侵染中占优势,在TP8+AG1的混合侵染中,TP8和AG1的种群十分接近。     

Incidence of five viruses infecting sweetpotatoes in Uganda; the first evidence of Sweet potato caulimo-like virus in Africa

In a survey of most sweetpotato-growing areas of Uganda, virus-like diseases were observed in all districts surveyed. Out of 338 fields sampled in 35 of the then 42 districts, 219 (65%) had some plants with symptoms. The most common symptoms included vein clearing, mottling, leaf distortion, yellowing, stunting and leaf strapping. Particularly high virus-like disease incidences (means of 34–86%) were encountered in districts around Lake Victoria and in the Rift Valley in southern and western parts of Uganda; particularly low incidences were encountered in the east and north of Uganda. Using four formats of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in combination with immunoelectron microscopy and polymerase chain reaction assays, five viruses were identified. Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) and Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) were most commonly detected, being found in about 90% of samples. Sweet potato mild mottle virus at 10%, Sweet potato chlorotic fleck virus (SPCFV) at 8% and Sweet potato caulimo-like virus (SPCaLV) at 0·07% were more rarely detected. Most infections were multiple, SPCSV + SPFMV constituting > 90% of all double infections. Triple infections, involving mainly SPFMV, SPCSV and either SPMMV or SPCFV, and quadruple infections of SPFMV + SPCSV + SPMMV + SPCFV were observed in < 10% of the diseased samples. The identification of SPCaLV is the first evidence of its occurrence in Africa.     

大麦黄矮病毒GPV与GAV株系间异源装配现象的初步研究

 以我国麦区的大麦黄矮病毒GPV、GAV株系为材料,利用它们的蚜传特异性,将由禾谷缢管蚜传播的GPV和由麦长管蚜传播的GAV混合侵染到岸黑燕麦上,并进行继代传毒。混合侵染后代蚜传表现型的变化初步表明存在异源装配现象,且表现型混合发生的比例较高。用DAS-ELISA和RT-PCR法对混合侵染后代进行了测定,进一步证明了异源包装现象的存在。部分基因的核苷酸序列分析初步显示所测定的混合侵染后代中没有发生基因重组。     

Association between genetic variability and titre of Grapevine Pinot gris virus with disease symptoms

The present work was carried out in order to verify the possible association between a new grapevine disease, characterized by leaf mottling and deformation, and the genetic variability and concentration of Grapevine Pinot gris virus (GPGV), a recently identified virus tentatively associated with the pathology. After vineyard surveys and the establishment of real‐time qPCR assays, characterization of GPGV isolates and evaluation of GPGV titre were assessed in more than 100 samples of grapevine Glera, collected from plants regardless of whether or not they showed the symptomatology. Results showed that there was an important association between the GPGV variants and manifestation of the symptoms, and that grapevines with symptoms harboured significantly higher GPGV titre than symptomless vines. Moreover, an interesting relationship among the phylogenetic clustering of the isolates originating from plants with symptoms and some epidemiological characteristics of the disease was found. The current study confirmed the role of GPGV in the emergent disease characterized by grapevine leaf mottling and deformation.