Molecular variability of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus in Shaanxi,China

Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) is one of the latent viruses that occur in apple orchards worldwide but usually without visible symptoms. In 2010–2012, a total of 550 apple leaf samples from 12 different major apple-producing areas in Shaanxi, China, were tested by serological assay for ACLSV; the results revealed an infection level of 51.5 %. Because of the known variability in the putative amino acid sequences of the coat protein (CP), and thus the potential for non-detection by serological assay, the molecular variability of isolates of ACLSV collected in Shaanxi was analyzed using PCR and compared with isolates from the rest of the world. Sequences of 504 nt corresponding to 87 % of the CP gene of 12 isolates were acquired by RT-PCR and deposited in GenBank with the accession numbers KF134387–KF134298. Comparisons of the partial CP gene sequences of these 12 isolates as well as isolates previously reported in the world revealed the pairwise identities ranging from 68.9–99.8 % and 73.8–100 % at the nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on these nucleotide sequences showed that the 72 isolates deposited in GenBank fell into three groups (P205, B6 and Ta Tao 5 Group). Our 12 ACLSV isolates were separated into the P205 and B6 groups, respectively. Multiple alignment analysis of the amino acid sequences of CP revealed that there was a combination of six amino acids at positions 40, 59, 75, 86, 130 and 184 in isolates from each group that could be used to distinguish among the three groups. Two recombination events were identified from all isolates by recombination analysis, and three ACLSV isolates collected in this study participated in these two events. Our results show that molecular variation was present in isolates of ACLSV collected in Shaanxi province and this may reflect introductions of the virus associated with different sources of germplasm.     

First report of bacterial leaf spot on Chenopodium quinoa caused by Pseudomonas syringae in Colombia

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) has become a food of great importance in the last decade, and it is considered by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...     

Droplet-vitrification cryotherapy and thermotherapy as efficient tools for the eradication of apple chlorotic leaf spot virus and apple stem grooving virus from virus-infected quince in vitro cultures

European Journal of Plant Pathology - Viral diseases affect quince plant productivity and fruit quality. This study evaluated the effectiveness of droplet-vitrification cryotherapy and...     

来源于桃和苹果的苹果褪绿叶斑病毒的部分分子生物学特性和cp基因的原核表达

 从桃和苹果上分离得到苹果褪绿叶斑病毒ACLSV-HBP和ACLSV-C2个分离物,采用RT-PCR法进行扩增,所获扩增片段经序列测定,其全长分别为1768nt(ACLSV-HBP)和1751nt(ACLSV-C)。这2个分离物扩增片段全长的同源性为83%,mp基因片段核苷酸和推导编码氨基酸序列同源性分别为82.6%和87.1%;cp基因均由582nt组成,其核苷酸和推导编码氨基酸序列同源性分别为87.8%和95.9%。将2个分离物的cp基因与已报道ACLSV分离物进行序列同源性比较,结果显示ACLSV-HBP与SX/2的cp基因核苷酸序列及推导编码氨基酸序列同源性最高,分别为94.0%和96.4%。将ACLSV-HBP分离物的cp基因克隆到原核表达载体pGEX-KG,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中诱导表达,SDS-PAGE分析表明,融合蛋白大小约为46kDa。Western-blot分析表明,该基因在大肠杆菌内得到高效表达,融合蛋白具有抗原性。     

苹果褪绿叶斑病毒双引物对PCR检测体系的建立及应用

<正>病毒病在我国苹果树上普遍发生,其中苹果褪绿叶斑病毒(apple chlorotic leaf spot virus,ACLSV)、苹果茎沟病毒(apple stem grooving virus,ASGV)和苹果茎痘病毒(apple stem pitting virus,ASPV)最常见,常混合侵染,引起树体衰弱,苹果产量和品质下降,经济损失严重(CieniewiczFuchs,2016)。因此,建立快速、准确的检测技术对病毒病防控具有重要意义。Hu et al.(2015)认为在病毒检测过程中,需     

来源于新疆的3 个苹果褪绿叶斑病毒分离物的分子变异研究

Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) isolates from Korla pear (KI-2), New pear no. 7 (XI-1) and Red Fuji apple (API-4) were collected from XinJiang and characterized by analyzing sequences of their near genomic 3忆-terminal. The RT-PCR products were cloned, and analyzed by single-strand conforma-tion polymorphism (SSCP). Eight out of 39 collected positive clones showing different SSCP patterns were sequenced. The results showed that the amplified products had sizes ranging 676 - 703 bp, including partial coat protein (CP) gene (506 bp, accounts for 87% of the complete cp gene) and 3忆-terminal non-coding re-gion (3忆NCR) sequences. The cp gene sequences from isolate KI-2 showed a high intra-isolate divergence,with 84. 8% - 85. 4% identities at the nucleotide (nt) level, and the intra-isolate identities were 99. 8 % and 92.5% - 99. 8 % for isolate XI-1 and API-4, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis on the nt sequences of cpgene showed that the analyzed ACLSV variants from three isolates fell into two different clusters. A variant KI-2-6 from KI-2 was clustered into a group with an apple isolate aclsv-c from China and a plum isolated from France, and all other variants fell into a large cluster. The 3忆NCR sequences of these variants were identical ranging 80. 6% - 100 % .     

Correction to: Droplet-vitrification cryotherapy and thermotherapy as efficient tools for the eradication of apple chlorotic leaf spot virus and apple stem grooving virus from virus-infected quince in vitro cultures

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Prevalence and molecular variability of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus capsid protein genes in Lithuania

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) is a most common pathogen of apples in the world. The occurrence, genetic diversity, recombination patterns and...     

Interference of Long-Distance Movement of Grapevine berry inner necrosis virus in Transgenic Plants Expressing a Defective Movement Protein of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus

ABSTRACT Transgenic Nicotiana occidentalis plants expressing a movement protein (P50) and partially functional deletion mutants (DeltaA and DeltaC) of the Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) showed resistance to Grapevine berry inner necrosis virus (GINV). The resistance is highly effective and GINV was below the level of detection in both inoculated and uninoculated upper leaves. In contrast, GINV accumulated in inoculated and uninoculated leaves of nontransgenic (NT) plants and transgenic plants expressing a dysfunctional mutant (DeltaG). On the other hand, in some plants of a transgenic plant line expressing a deletion mutant (DeltaA', deletion of the C-terminal 42 amino acids), GINV could spread in inoculated leaves, but not move into uninoculated leaves. In a tissue blot hybridization analysis of DeltaA'-plants inoculated with GINV, virus could be detected in leaf blade, midribs, and petiole of inoculated leaves, but neither in stems immediately above inoculated leaves nor in any tissues of uninoculated leaves. Immunohistochemical analysis of GINV-inoculated leaves of DeltaA'-plants showed that GINV could invade into phloem parenchyma cells through bundle sheath of minor veins, suggesting that the long-distance transport of GINV might be inhibited between the phloem cells and sieve element (and/or within sieve element) rather than bundle sheath-phloem interfaces. Immunogold electron microscopy using an anti-P50 antiserum showed that P50 accumulated on the parietal layer of sieve elements and on sieve plates. The results suggested that resistance in P50-transgenic plants to GINV is due to the interference of both long-distance and cell-to-cell movement of the virus.     

Evaluation of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) resistance to Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus in controlled greenhouse conditions

Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) seems to be the causal agent of apricot viruela disease. This disease has become an important problem for apricot production in Spain, mainly affecting the ‘Búlida’ cultivar, although no information is available about the behaviour of other cultivars with regards to ACLSV. In this study, the behaviour of 29 apricot cultivars against ACLSV (Apr 62 isolate) was evaluated under controlled conditions in an insect-proof greenhouse. Three different rootstocks, ‘GF305’ peach, ‘Real Fino’ apricot and ‘Adesoto’ plum, were first inoculated by grafting ACLSV-infected bark and were later grafted with the apricot cultivar to be evaluated. Apricot cultivars were evaluated during three cycles of study. ACLSV was asymptomatic on the leaves of all cultivars and rootstocks, so level of susceptibility or resistance was determined by virus detection through RT-PCR. ‘GF305’ rootstock showed a greater susceptibility level than ‘Real Fino’ and ‘Adesoto’. Most of the cultivars were susceptible to ACLSV with different levels of susceptibility, and only ‘Bergeron’ and ‘Mauricio’ were resistant.     

梨褪绿叶斑伴随病毒的RT-PCR和巢式RT-PCR检测技术建立

 梨褪绿叶斑伴随病毒(Pear chlorotic leaf spot-associated virus,PCLSaV)是新近发现的为害梨树的欧洲花楸环斑病毒属(Emaravirus)病毒,该病毒基因组由5条负义单链RNA组成。本研究比较分析了反转录引物pd(N)6、3C和5H及基于该病毒基因组RNA3和RNA5链序列设计的4对引物用于RT-PCR检测梨样品中PCLSaV的效果,结果显示,采用与该病毒基因组RNA链3′末端互补的引物3C用于cDNA合成及基于该病毒RNA5链序列的引物5-F/R用于PCR扩增时,检测PCLSaV的灵敏度相较采用引物pd(N)6和5H合成cDNA为模板时高10~100倍;不同部位和不同发病状况的梨树组织中PCLSaV检测结果差异明显。进一步建立了具有高灵敏度的巢式RT-PCR技术,采用外侧引物5-F/R和内巢引物5-IF/IR结合可用于梨不同组织样品中PCLSaV的检测。本研究为系统分析PCLSaV在我国栽培梨树上的危害状况及无病毒梨种质培育奠定了技术基础。     

Silene armeria,a test plant for carnation etched ring virus

A test plant grown from seed was discovered which may be useful for the detection of carnation etched ring virus (CERV) in carnations. InSilence armeria plants, infected with CERV, necrotic line patterns and blotches may develop about 2–3 weeks after inoculation, but this reaction is not very reliable. WhenS. armeria is infected with carnation mottle virus (CaMV) the plants show hardly perceptible symptoms consisting of a faint mosaic of the leaves and slight stunting of the plants. However, whenS. armeria plants, infected with CaMV, are inoculated with CERV, necrotic lines, rings and blotches develop quite clearly. Thus infection with CaMV makesS. armeria a useful indicator for CERV. Also in the carnation cultivar Joker a synergism exists between the two viruses, severe symptoms resulting from addition of CaMV to CERV-infected plants that otherwise show few if any symptoms.Samenvatting Een uit zaad gekweekte tosplant werd ontdekt, die van belang kan zijn voor het aantonen van het carnation etched ring-virus in anjers. WanneerSilene armeria besmet wordt met dit virus treedt er ongeveer 3 weken na de inoculatie een systemische reactie op bestaande uit necrotische lijnen, kringen en soms vlekken op de bladeren. Deze reactie is evenwel niet erg betrouwbaar. Wordt echter het etched ring-virus geïnoculeerd op planten vanS. armeria die reeds met het carnation mottle-virus besmet zijn — welk virus zwakke symptomen zoals een lichte bontheid in het blad en wat groeivertraging veroorzaakt — dan ontstaan weer de necrotische lijnen, kringen en vlekken. Hierdoor kan de plant als een betrouwbare indicator voor het etched ring — virus worden beschouwd. In de anjercultivar Joker kan ook een dergelijk synergisme aangetoond worden tussen de twee genoemde virussen. Wanneer Joker-planten zonder mottle-virus, maar met etched ring-virus, besmet worden met mottle-virus, verschijnt een heftig ziektebeeld bestaande uit bontheid van het jonge blad en hevige necrotische verschijnselen op de oudere bladeren.     

A phylogenetically distinct lineage of Pyrenopeziza brassicae associated with chlorotic leaf spot of Brassicaceae in North America

Light leaf spot, caused by the ascomycete Pyrenopeziza brassicae, is an established disease of Brassicaceae in the United Kingdom (UK), continental Europe, and Oceania (OC, including New Zealand and Australia). The disease was reported in North America (NA) for the first time in 2014 on Brassica spp. in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon, followed by detection in Brassica juncea cover crops and on Brassica rapa weeds in northwestern Washington in 2016. Preliminary DNA sequence data and field observations suggest that isolates of the pathogen present in NA might be distinct from those in the UK, continental Europe, and OC. Comparisons of isolates from these regions using genetic (multilocus sequence analysis, MAT gene sequences, and rep-PCR DNA fingerprinting), pathogenic (B. rapa inoculation studies), biological (sexual compatibility), and morphological (colony and conidial morphology) analyses demonstrated two genetically distinct evolutionary lineages. Lineage 1 comprised isolates from the UK, continental Europe, and OC, and included the P. brassicae type specimen. Lineage 2 contained the NA isolates associated with recent disease outbreaks in the Pacific Northwest region of the USA. Symptoms caused by isolates of the two lineages on B. rapa and B. juncea differed, and therefore “chlorotic leaf spot” is proposed for the disease caused by Lineage 2 isolates of P. brassicae. Isolates of the two lineages differed in genetic diversity as well as sensitivity to the fungicides carbendazim and prothioconazole.     

一种高效的苹果褪绿叶斑病毒TaqMan探针实时荧光定量RT-PCR检测方法

为建立一种检测苹果褪绿叶斑病毒(Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus,ACLSV)的Taq Man探针实时荧光定量RT-PCR方法,根据ACLSV外壳蛋白基因(coat protein,cp)保守序列设计了特异性引物和Taq Man探针,以构建的ACLSV-cp重组质粒为阳性标准品绘制标准曲线,并对该方法的特异性、灵敏性、重复性进行检验。结果显示,以ACLSV-cp重组质粒为标准品建立的标准曲线相关系数达0.999,扩增效率为103.7%;建立的Taq Man探针实时荧光定量RT-PCR方法特异性好,与苹果茎沟病毒(Apple stem grooving virus,ASGV)、苹果茎痘病毒(Apple stem pitting virus,ASPV)、苹果锈果类病毒(Apple scar skin viroid,ASSVd)均无交叉反应;灵敏度为100拷贝/μL,比常规RT-PCR高100倍;批内和批间变异系数均小于0.84%。表明Taq Man探针实时荧光定量RT-PCR方法具有特异性强、灵敏性高、重复性好的优点,适用于实际样品中ACLSV的快速准确检测。     

Characterization of a synergistic interaction between two cucurbit-infecting begomoviruses: Squash leaf curl virus and Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus

Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) and Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (WmCSV) are cucurbit-infecting bipartite begomoviruses. Both viruses are found in the eastern Mediterranean basin but the effects of dual infection of both viruses on melon (Cucumis melo L.) have not been described. 'Arava' melon plants were inoculated in the greenhouse, using whiteflies, with either SLCV, WmCSV, or both. Control plants were exposed to nonviruliferous whiteflies or not exposed at all. Following inoculation, plants were transplanted to a 50-mesh insect-proof nethouse and grown until fruit maturity. The experiment was performed in two melon-growing seasons: spring, transplant in May and harvest in July; and summer, transplant in August and harvest in October. Following inoculation, SLCV-infected melon plants showed mild symptoms that disappeared with time, and there was no effect on plant height. WmCSV-infected plants developed disease symptoms that became more obvious with time, and plants were somewhat shorter than control plants in the spring but not in the summer. SLCV had no effect on yield, regardless of season. WmCSV had no statistically significant effect on yield in the spring but, in the summer, reduced yield by 22%, on average. Dual-inoculated plants showed a synergistic interaction between the two viruses. They developed disease symptoms that were more pronounced than WmCSV alone, with plants being shorter than control plants by 20 to 25% regardless of season. Moreover, the yield of dual-inoculated plants was reduced on average by 21% in the spring and 54% in the summer, and fruit appearance was adversely affected. Dual inoculation did not affect WmCSV DNA level but SLCV DNA level was increased several-fold by the presence of WmCSV.     

Transgenic Nicotiana occidentalis Plants Expressing the 50-kDa Protein of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus Display Increased Susceptibility to Homologous Virus, but Strong Resistance to Grapevine berry inner necrosis virus

ABSTRACT The 50-kDa protein (P50) encoded by the open reading frame 2 of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), a putative movement protein, was expressed in transgenic Nicotiana occidentalis plants. P50 in transgenic plants was mainly detected in a modified form in the cell wall fraction, similar to that in infected leaves. The P50-expressing plants (P50 plants) complemented the systemic spread of the P50-defective mutants of an infectious cDNA clone of ACLSV (pCLSF), indicating that P50 in transgenic plants was functional. Severity of symptoms was greatly enhanced and accumulation of virus in upper leaves was increased in P50 plants inoculated with pCLSF or ACLSV compared with that in nontransgenic control plants (NT plants). Conversely, transgenic plants expressing the coat protein of ACLSV (CP plants) showed a significant delay in symptom development and a reduction of virus accumulation. However, most P50 plants inoculated with Grapevine berry inner necrosis virus (GINV), another species of the genus Trichovirus, neither developed obvious symptoms nor supported virus accumulation in inoculated or upper leaves. In contrast, systemic symptoms developed and virus accumulated equally in NT and CP plants inoculated with GINV. After inoculation with Apple stem grooving virus or Apple stem pitting virus, there was no difference in symptom development and virus accumulation among P50, CP, and NT plants. Our results indicate that transgenic plants expressing a functional P50 were more susceptible to homologous virus and, on the contrary, showed strong resistance to the heterologous virus GINV.     

来源于砂梨和桃的苹果褪绿叶斑病毒分离物部分CP基因和3′端非翻译区的序列分析

 苹果褪绿叶斑病毒（Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus, ACLSV）是引起果树病害的一种重要病毒。ACLSV寄主范围广、发生较普遍,可侵染苹果、梨等仁果类果树和桃、扁桃、李、樱桃、杏等核果类果树,据报道我国梨产区感染ACLSV达80%以上。ACLSV引起植物症状的类型与寄主种类、病毒株系有关。ACLSV为线形病毒科（Betaflexiviridae）、纤毛病毒属（Trichovirus）的代表成员^［1］。ACLSV的CP相对比较保守,研究表明不同的ACLSV分离物的CP基因具有序列多样性,存在分子变异^［2～5］,CP基因分子特性的研究可为ACLSV株系划分提供依据。来源于欧洲、亚洲和北美的桃、李等核果类果树,以及苹果寄主上的ACLSV分离物的分子变异报道较多^［2,3,5］,来源于梨寄主上的ACLSV分子变异研究较少^［4,5］。     

Serological Comparison and Molecular Characterization for Verification of Calla lily chlorotic spot virus as a New Tospovirus Species Belonging to Watermelon silver mottle virus Serogroup

ABSTRACT Calla lily chlorotic spot virus (CCSV) isolated from central Taiwan was recently identified as a tospovirus serologically but distantly related to Watermelon silver mottle virus (WSMoV). To clarify the serological relationship between the two viruses, rabbit polyclonal antibody (PAb) to CCSV and mouse monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to WSMoV NP or CCSV NP were produced in this investigation, using purified nucleocapsid protein (NP) as immunogens. The PAb to CCSV NP reacted stronger with the homologous antigen than with the heterologous antigen, with much lower A(405) readings in indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and low-intensity banding in immunoblotting. MAbs produced to CCSV NP or WSMoV NP reacted specifically with the homologous antigens but not with the heterologous antigens in both ELISA and immunoblot analyses. The CCSV S RNA was determined to be 3,172 nucleotides in length, with an inverted repeat at the 5' and 3' ends and two open reading frames encoding the NP and a nonstructural (NSs) protein in an ambisense arrangement. A typical 3'-terminal sequence (5'-AUUGCUCU-3') that is shared by all members of the genus Tospovirus also is present in the CCSV S RNA. The CCSV NP and NSs protein share low amino acid identities of 20.1 to 65.1% and 19.9 to 66.1%, respectively, with those of reported tospoviruses. Phylogenetic dendrogram analysis indicates that CCSV is a distinct member in the genus Tospovirus. The results provide evidence that CCSV is a new species in the genus Tospovirus and belongs to WSMoV serogroup.