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Chen L, Guo C, Yan C, Sun R, Li Y. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic characteristics of viruses in lily plants in Beijing. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1127235. [PMID: 37138632 PMCID: PMC10149822 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1127235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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Lily (Lilium) is an important bulbous perennial herb that is frequently infected by one or more viruses. To investigate the diversity of lily viruses, lilies with virus-like symptoms in Beijing were collected to perform small RNA deep sequencing. Then, the 12 complete and six nearly full-length viral genomes, including six known viruses and two novel viruses were determined. Based on sequence and phylogenetic analyses, two novel viruses were considered to be members of the genera Alphaendornavirus (Endornaviridae) and Polerovirus (Solemoviridae). These two novel viruses were provisionally named lily-associated alphaendornavirus 1 (LaEV-1) and lily-associated polerovirus 1 (LaPV-1). Based on sequence, phylogenetic and recombination analyses, strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRSV) in the genus Stralarivirus (Secoviridae) was identified for the first time in China, and shown to exhibit the highest nucleotide (nt) diversity among the available full-length SLRSV genome sequences, with the highest identities of 79.5% for RNA1 and 80.9% for RNA2. Interestingly, the protease cofactor region in RNA1 was 752 aa in length, whereas those of the other 27 characterized isolates ranged from 700-719 aa in length. The genome sequences of lily virus A (Potyvirus), lily virus X (Potexvirus), and plantago asiatica mosaic virus (Potexvirus) exhibited varying degrees of sequence diversity at the nucleotide level compared with their corresponding characterized isolates. In addition, plantago asiatica mosaic virus (PlAMV) tended to cluster on a host species-basis. One identified lily mottle virus (Potyvirus) isolate was detected as a recombinant, and which clustered in a different group with four other isolates. Seven identified lily symptomless virus (Carlavirus) isolates, including one recombinant, were clustered into three clades. Our results revealed the genetic diversity of lily-infecting viruses, and sequence insertion, host species and recombination are factors that likely contribute to this diversity. Collectively, our results provide useful information regarding the control of viral disease in lily.
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- Ling Chen
- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- College of Biological Science and Resources Environment, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- College of Biological Science and Resources Environment, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- College of Biological Science and Resources Environment, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yongqiang Li,
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Wang X, Larrea-Sarmiento AE, Olmedo-Velarde A, Kong A, Borth W, Suzuki JY, Wall MM, Melzer MJ, Hu J. First Detection and Genome Characterization of a New RNA Virus, Hibiscus Betacarmovirus, and a New DNA Virus, Hibiscus Soymovirus, Naturally Infecting Hibiscus spp. in Hawaii. Viruses 2022; 15:90. [PMID: 36680129 PMCID: PMC9865081 DOI: 10.3390/v15010090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Hibiscus (Hibiscus spp., family Malvaceae) leaves exhibiting symptoms of mosaic, ringspot, and chlorotic spots were collected in 2020 on Oahu, HI. High-throughput sequencing analysis was conducted on ribosomal RNA-depleted composite RNA samples extracted from symptomatic leaves. About 77 million paired-end reads and 161,970 contigs were generated after quality control, trimming, and de novo assembly. Contig annotation with BLASTX/BLASTN searches revealed a sequence (contig 1) resembling the RNA virus, hibiscus chlorotic ringspot virus (genus Betacarmovirus), and one (contig 2) resembling the DNA virus, peanut chlorotic streak virus (genus Soymovirus). Further bioinformatic analyses of the complete viral genome sequences indicated that these viruses, with proposed names of hibiscus betacarmovirus and hibiscus soymovirus, putatively represent new species in the genera Betacarmovirus and Soymovirus, respectively. RT-PCR using specific primers, designed based on the retrieved contigs, coupled with Sanger sequencing, further confirmed the presence of these viruses. An additional 54 hibiscus leaf samples from other locations on Oahu were examined to determine the incidence and distribution of these viruses.
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- Xupeng Wang
- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Costa LC, Atha B, Hu X, Lamour K, Yang Y, O’Connell M, McFarland C, Foster JA, Hurtado-Gonzales OP. High-throughput detection of a large set of viruses and viroids of pome and stone fruit trees by multiplex PCR-based amplicon sequencing. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1072768. [PMID: 36578329 PMCID: PMC9791224 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1072768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A comprehensive diagnostic method of known plant viruses and viroids is necessary to provide an accurate phytosanitary status of fruit trees. However, most widely used detection methods have a small limit on either the number of targeted viruses/viroids or the number of samples to be evaluated at a time, hampering the ability to rapidly scale up the test capacity. Here we report that by combining the power of high multiplexing PCR (499 primer pairs) of small amplicons (120-135bp), targeting 27 viruses and 7 viroids of fruit trees, followed by a single high-throughput sequencing (HTS) run, we accurately diagnosed the viruses and viroids on as many as 123 pome and stone fruit tree samples. We compared the accuracy, sensitivity, and reproducibility of this approach and contrast it with other detection methods including HTS of total RNA (RNA-Seq) and individual RT-qPCR for every fruit tree virus or viroid under the study. We argue that this robust and high-throughput cost-effective diagnostic tool will enhance the viral/viroid knowledge of fruit trees while increasing the capacity for large scale diagnostics. This approach can also be adopted for the detection of multiple viruses and viroids in other crops.
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- Larissa Carvalho Costa
- Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Plant Protection and Quarantine - Field Operations, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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Hamim I, Sekine KT, Komatsu K. How do emerging long-read sequencing technologies function in transforming the plant pathology research landscape? PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 110:469-484. [PMID: 35962900 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01305-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Long-read sequencing technologies are revolutionizing the sequencing and analysis of plant and pathogen genomes and transcriptomes, as well as contributing to emerging areas of interest in plant-pathogen interactions, disease management techniques, and the introduction of new plant varieties or cultivars. Long-read sequencing (LRS) technologies are progressively being implemented to study plants and pathogens of agricultural importance, which have substantial economic effects. The variability and complexity of the genome and transcriptome affect plant growth, development and pathogen responses. Overcoming the limitations of second-generation sequencing, LRS technology has significantly increased the length of a single contiguous read from a few hundred to millions of base pairs. Because of the longer read lengths, new analysis methods and tools have been developed for plant and pathogen genomics and transcriptomics. LRS technologies enable faster, more efficient, and high-throughput ultralong reads, allowing direct sequencing of genomes that would be impossible or difficult to investigate using short-read sequencing approaches. These benefits include genome assembly in repetitive areas, creating more comprehensive and exact genome determinations, assembling full-length transcripts, and detecting DNA and RNA alterations. Furthermore, these technologies allow for the identification of transcriptome diversity, significant structural variation analysis, and direct epigenetic mark detection in plant and pathogen genomic regions. LRS in plant pathology is found efficient for identifying and characterization of effectors in plants as well as known and unknown plant pathogens. In this review, we investigate how these technologies are transforming the landscape of determination and characterization of plant and pathogen genomes and transcriptomes efficiently and accurately. Moreover, we highlight potential areas of interest offered by LRS technologies for future study into plant-pathogen interactions, disease control strategies, and the development of new plant varieties or cultivars.
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- Islam Hamim
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
- International Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan.
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Lappe RR, Elmore MG, Lozier ZR, Jander G, Miller WA, Whitham SA. Metagenomic identification of novel viruses of maize and teosinte in North America. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:767. [DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-09001-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background
Maize-infecting viruses are known to inflict significant agronomic yield loss throughout the world annually. Identification of known or novel causal agents of disease prior to outbreak is imperative to preserve food security via future crop protection efforts. Toward this goal, a large-scale metagenomic approach utilizing high throughput sequencing (HTS) was employed to identify novel viruses with the potential to contribute to yield loss of graminaceous species, particularly maize, in North America.
Results
Here we present four novel viruses discovered by HTS and individually validated by Sanger sequencing. Three of these viruses are RNA viruses belonging to either the Betaflexiviridae or Tombusviridae families. Additionally, a novel DNA virus belonging to the Geminiviridae family was discovered, the first Mastrevirus identified in North American maize.
Conclusions
Metagenomic studies of crop and crop-related species such as this may be useful for the identification and surveillance of known and novel viral pathogens of crops. Monitoring related species may prove useful in identifying viruses capable of infecting crops due to overlapping insect vectors and viral host-range to protect food security.
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Identification of Three Viruses Infecting Mulberry Varieties. Viruses 2022; 14:v14112564. [PMID: 36423172 PMCID: PMC9696721 DOI: 10.3390/v14112564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Viruses-mediated genome editing in plants is a powerful strategy to develop plant cultivars with important and novel agricultural traits. Mulberry alba is an important economic tree species that has been cultivated in China for more than 5000 years. So far, only a few viruses have been identified from mulberry trees, and their application potential is largely unknown. Therefore, mining more virus resources from the mulberry tree can pave the way for the establishment of useful engineering tools. In this study, eight old mulberry plants were gathered in seven geographic areas for virome analysis. Based on transcriptome analysis, we discovered three viruses associated with mulberries: Citrus leaf blotch virus isolate mulberry alba 2 (CLBV-ML2), Mulberry-associated virga-like virus (MaVLV), and Mulberry-associated narna-like virus (MaNLV). The genome of CLBV-ML2 was completely sequenced and exhibited high homology with Citriviruses, considered to be members of the genus Citrivirus, while the genomes of MaVLV and MaNLV were nearly completed lacking the 5' and 3' termini sequences. We tentatively consider MaVLV to be members of the family Virgaviridae and MaNLV to be members of the genus Narnavirus based on the results of phylogenetic trees. The infection experiments showed that CLBV-ML2 could be detected in the inoculated seedlings of both N. benthamiana and Morus alba, while MaVLV could only be detected in N. benthamiana. All of the infected seedlings did not show obvious symptoms.
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Molecular Detection of Southern Tomato Amalgavirus Prevalent in Tomatoes and Its Genomic Characterization with Global Evolutionary Dynamics. Viruses 2022; 14:v14112481. [PMID: 36366579 PMCID: PMC9693158 DOI: 10.3390/v14112481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Southern tomato amalgavirus (STV) is a cryptic pathogen that is abundant in tomato production fields and intensifies the resurgence of tomato yellow stunt disease (ToYSD), together with other phytoviruses. Here, we mapped the geographical and genomic diversity, phylogenetics, and evolutionary dynamics of STV. We found that STV prevailed across China and Pakistan, with a maximum average rate of infection of 43.19% in Beijing, China, and 40.08% in Punjab, Pakistan. Subsequently, we amplified, cloned, and annotated the complete genome sequences of STV isolates from Solanum lycopersicum L. in China (OP548653 and OP548652) and Pakistan (MT066231) using Sanger and next-generation sequencing (NGS). These STV isolates displayed close evolutionary relationships with others from Asia, America, and Europe. Whole-genome-based molecular diversity analysis showed that STV populations had 33 haplotypes with a gene diversity (Hd) of 0.977 and a nucleotide diversity (π) of 0.00404. The genetic variability of RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) was higher than that of the putative coat protein (CP) p42. Further analysis revealed that STV isolates were likely to be recombinant but with a lower-to-moderate level of confidence. With a variable distribution pattern of positively and negatively selected sites, negative selection pressure predominantly acted on p42 and RdRp. These findings elaborated on the molecular variability and evolutionary trends among STV populations across major tomato-producing regions of the world.
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Medberry A, Tzanetakis IE. Identification, Characterization, and Detection of a Novel Strawberry Cytorhabdovirus. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:2784-2787. [PMID: 36176214 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-21-2449-sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In 2020, a novel agent was discovered in strawberry, a rhabdovirus closely related to lettuce necrotic yellows virus. The new virus, named strawberry virus 2 (StrV-2), was discovered in an accession of the Fragaria virus collection of the National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR), and for this reason, it was studied in-depth. The complete StrV-2 genome was obtained and investigated in silico. Transmission was assessed using two aphid species whereas a multiplex RT-PCR test targeting plant and virus genes was developed and used to screen the NCGR Fragaria virus collection.
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- Ava Medberry
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System, Fayetteville, AR 72701
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System, Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Valenzuela SL, Norambuena T, Morgante V, García F, Jiménez JC, Núñez C, Fuentes I, Pollak B. Viroscope: Plant viral diagnosis from high-throughput sequencing data using biologically-informed genome assembly coverage. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:967021. [PMID: 36338106 PMCID: PMC9634423 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.967021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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High-throughput sequencing (HTS) methods are transforming our capacity to detect pathogens and perform disease diagnosis. Although sequencing advances have enabled accessible and point-of-care HTS, data analysis pipelines have yet to provide robust tools for precise and certain diagnosis, particularly in cases of low sequencing coverage. Lack of standardized metrics and harmonized detection thresholds confound the problem further, impeding the adoption and implementation of these solutions in real-world applications. In this work, we tackle these issues and propose biologically-informed viral genome assembly coverage as a method to improve diagnostic certainty. We use the identification of viral replicases, an essential function of viral life cycles, to define genome coverage thresholds in which biological functions can be described. We validate the analysis pipeline, Viroscope, using field samples, synthetic and published datasets, and demonstrate that it provides sensitive and specific viral detection. Furthermore, we developed Viroscope.io a web-service to provide on-demand HTS data viral diagnosis to facilitate adoption and implementation by phytosanitary agencies to enable precise viral diagnosis.
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- Meristem SpA, Santiago, Chile
- Multiplex SpA, Santiago, Chile
- *Correspondence: Bernardo Pollak,
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Chen J, Feng C, Guo X, Zhou Y, Gu T, Zhuang X, Cheng L, Zhang K. Development of polyclonal antibodies-based serological methods for detection of the rehmannia mosaic virus in field plants. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1013470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rehmannia glutinosa is a top-grade traditional Chinese medicine, and also is an important planting medicinal material for Chinese poor farmers shaking off poverty. Rehmannia mosaic virus (ReMV) causes big economic loss of R. glutinosa in planting area. However, there is no effective methods for quick, accurate, and high-throughput detection for ReMV in Chinese production area. The preserved R. glutinosa samples carrying ReMV was taken for research material. The coat protein coding sequences (CPReMV) was cloned and sequenced. The target sequence was further placed into a prokaryotic expression vector to express the N-terminal-tagged recombinant CPReMV protein (His-CPReMV). Purified His-CPReMV was used as an antigen to immunize New Zealand white rabbits, and antiserum was obtained. The titers and sensitivities of the antisera were analyzed and evaluated. Polyclonal antibodies were purified from the antiserum, and the titers and sensitivity to the target His-CPReMV protein were evaluated. The results demonstrate that the obtained polyclonal antibodies against His-CPReMV could be successfully used for rapid, accurate, and high-throughput detection of ReMV from R. glutinosa planted in the wild. Our investigation established serological-based detection methods for ReMV for the first time, and provides a foundation for future exploration of the pathogenic mechanisms of ReMV in R. glutinosa.
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Albrecht T, White S, Layton M, Stenglein M, Haley S, Nachappa P. Occurrence of Wheat Curl Mite and Mite-Vectored Viruses of Wheat in Colorado and Insights into the Wheat Virome. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:2678-2688. [PMID: 35196102 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-21-0352-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The wheat curl mite (WCM) is a vector of three important wheat viruses in the U.S. Great Plains: wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), triticum mosaic virus (TriMV), and High Plains wheat mosaic virus (HPWMoV). This study was conducted to determine the current profile of WCM and WCM-transmitted viruses of wheat and their occurrence in Colorado, including novel wheat viruses via virome analysis. There was a high rate of virus incidence in symptomatic wheat samples collected in 2019 (95%) and 2020 (77%). Single infection of WSMV was most common in both years, followed by coinfection with WSMV + TriMV and WSMV + HPWMoV. Both type 1 and type 2 mite genotypes were found in Colorado. There was high genetic diversity of WSMV and HPWMoV isolates, whereas TriMV isolates showed minimal sequence variation. Analysis of WSMV isolates revealed novel virus variants, including one isolate from a variety trial, where severe disease symptoms were observed on wheat varieties carrying Wsm2, a known virus resistance locus. Virome analysis identified two to four sequence variants of all eight RNA segments of HPWMoV, which suggests co-occurrence of multiple genotypes within host populations and presence of a variant of HPWMoV. A possible novel virus in the family Tombusviridae and several mycoviruses were identified. Overall, the data presented here highlight the need to define the effect of novel WCM-transmitted virus variants on disease severity and the role of novel viruses.
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- Tessa Albrecht
- Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Waite DW, Liefting L, Delmiglio C, Chernyavtseva A, Ha HJ, Thompson JR. Development and Validation of a Bioinformatic Workflow for the Rapid Detection of Viruses in Biosecurity. Viruses 2022; 14:v14102163. [PMID: 36298719 PMCID: PMC9610911 DOI: 10.3390/v14102163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The field of biosecurity has greatly benefited from the widespread adoption of high-throughput sequencing technologies, for its ability to deeply query plant and animal samples for pathogens for which no tests exist. However, the bioinformatics analysis tools designed for rapid analysis of these sequencing datasets are not developed with this application in mind, limiting the ability of diagnosticians to standardise their workflows using published tool kits. We sought to assess previously published bioinformatic tools for their ability to identify plant- and animal-infecting viruses while distinguishing from the host genetic material. We discovered that many of the current generation of virus-detection pipelines are not adequate for this task, being outperformed by more generic classification tools. We created synthetic MinION and HiSeq libraries simulating plant and animal infections of economically important viruses and assessed a series of tools for their suitability for rapid and accurate detection of infection, and further tested the top performing tools against the VIROMOCK Challenge dataset to ensure that our findings were reproducible when compared with international standards. Our work demonstrated that several methods provide sensitive and specific detection of agriculturally important viruses in a timely manner and provides a key piece of ground truthing for method development in this space.
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- David W. Waite
- Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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- Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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- Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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- Animal Health Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, Upper Hutt 5018, New Zealand
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- Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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Lee CC, Hsu HW, Lin CY, Gustafson N, Matsuura K, Lee CY, Yang CCS. First Polycipivirus and Unmapped RNA Virus Diversity in the Yellow Crazy Ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes. Viruses 2022; 14:v14102161. [PMID: 36298716 PMCID: PMC9612232 DOI: 10.3390/v14102161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes is a widespread invasive ant that poses significant threats to local biodiversity. Yet, compared to other global invasive ant species such as the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) or the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), little is known about the diversity of RNA viruses in the yellow crazy ant. In the current study, we generated a transcriptomic database for A. gracilipes using a high throughput sequencing approach to identify new RNA viruses and characterize their genomes. Four virus species assigned to Dicistroviridae, two to Iflaviridae, one to Polycipiviridae, and two unclassified Riboviria viruses were identified. Detailed genomic characterization was carried out on the polycipivirus and revealed that this virus comprises 11,644 nucleotides with six open reading frames. Phylogenetic analysis and pairwise amino acid identity comparison classified this virus into the genus Sopolycivirus under Polycipiviridae, which is tentatively named "Anoplolepis gracilipes virus 3 (AgrV-3)". Evolutionary analysis showed that AgrV-3 possesses a high level of genetic diversity and elevated mutation rate, combined with the common presence of multiple viral strains within single worker individuals, suggesting AgrV-3 likely evolves following the quasispecies model. A subsequent field survey placed the viral pathogen "hotspot" of A. gracilipes in the Southeast Asian region, a pattern consistent with the region being recognized as part of the ant's native range. Lastly, infection of multiple virus species seems prevalent across field colonies and may have been linked to the ant's social organization.
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- Chih-Chi Lee
- Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6110011, Japan
- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6110011, Japan
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6110011, Japan
- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-540-231-3052
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Identification and complete genome sequencing of a divergent olive virus T isolate and an olive leaf yellowing-associated virus isolate naturally infecting olive trees in Greece. Virus Genes 2022; 58:560-569. [PMID: 36152231 PMCID: PMC9636108 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-022-01934-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Several new full genome sequences of olive viruses came to light recently via high-throughput sequencing (HTS) analysis. In this study, total RNA HTS analysis of two Greek olive trees revealed the presence of an olive virus T (OlVT) isolate and an olive leaf yellowing-associated virus (OLYaV) isolate. The full viral genome of OlVT isolate (50Ch) is composed of 6862 nucleotides encoding for three proteins (replicase, movement protein, and capsid protein) with typical betaflexiviruses' genomic features. However, both sequence and phylogenetic data analysis exhibited high levels of variability between 50Ch and the previously characterized OlVT isolates. In addition, the almost full genome of the Greek OLYaV isolate (OL2) was obtained, which is composed of 16,693 nucleotides encoding for 11 open reading frames (ORFs) and shares common genomic features with the recently characterized OLYaV isolates from Spain and Brazil. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis revealed high similarity between these three isolates. Due to problems encountered with the detection of both viruses, new nested RT-PCR assays were developed and applied. In addition, recombination events were observed in OlVT isolates (50Ch GR-168), thus highlighting the potential role of this mechanism in the evolution of the virus. This study is adding further knowledge to the limited information available about these recently characterized olive infecting viral pathogens and highlights their widespread distribution in Greece, one of the most important olive producing countries of the world.
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Jagunić M, Diaz-Lara A, Szőke L, Rwahnih MA, Stevens K, Zdunić G, Vončina D. Incidence and Genetic Diversity of Grapevine Virus G in Croatian Vineyards. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11182341. [PMID: 36145740 PMCID: PMC9506455 DOI: 10.3390/plants11182341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Grapevine virus G (GVG) is a recently discovered vitivirus infecting grapevines. Historically, viruses in the genus Vitivirus have been associated with the grapevine rugose wood disease. Based on new and previously reported GVG isolates, primers and probes were developed for real-time RT-PCR. The developed assay successfully detected the virus in infected plants during dormancy and the growing season. A field study of 4327 grapevines from Croatian continental and coastal wine-growing regions confirmed the presence of GVG in 456 (~10.5%) grapevines from three collection plantations and 77 commercial vineyards, with infection rates ranging from 2% to 100%. Interestingly, the virus was confirmed only in vines considered to be Croatian autochthonous cultivars, but not in introduced cultivars. A 564-nucleotide long portion of the coat protein gene from previously known and newly characterized GVG isolates had nucleotide and amino acid identities ranging from 89% to 100% and from 96.8% to 100%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis revealed five distinct groups, with isolates originating from the same site being close to each other, indicating possible local infection. The information presented in this manuscript sets the stage for future studies to better understand the ecology and epidemiology of GVG and the possible need for inclusion in certification schemes.
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- Martin Jagunić
- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro, Queretaro 76130, Mexico
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute of Food Science, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi St., 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Foundation Plant Services, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Computer Science and Evolution and Ecology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, 21000 Split, Croatia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Correspondence:
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Debnath S, Seth D, Pramanik S, Adhikari S, Mondal P, Sherpa D, Sen D, Mukherjee D, Mukerjee N. A comprehensive review and meta-analysis of recent advances in biotechnology for plant virus research and significant accomplishments in human health and the pharmaceutical industry. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2022:1-33. [PMID: 36063068 DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2022.2116309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Secondary metabolites made by plants and used through their metabolic routes are today's most reliable and cost-effective way to make pharmaceuticals and improve health. The concept of genetic engineering is used for molecular pharming. As more people use plants as sources of nanotechnology systems, they are adding to this. These systems are made up of viruses-like particles (VLPs) and virus nanoparticles (VNPs). Due to their superior ability to be used as plant virus expression vectors, plant viruses are becoming more popular in pharmaceuticals. This has opened the door for them to be used in research, such as the production of medicinal peptides, antibodies, and other heterologous protein complexes. This is because biotechnological approaches have been linked with new bioinformatics tools. Because of the rise of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques, it has become easier to use metagenomic studies to look for plant virus genomes that could be used in pharmaceutical research. A look at how bioinformatics can be used in pharmaceutical research is also covered in this article. It also talks about plant viruses and how new biotechnological tools and procedures have made progress in the field.
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata, India
- Department of Health Sciences, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebarsham, Australia
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Development of Comprehensive Serological Techniques for Sensitive, Quantitative and Rapid Detection of Soybean mosaic virus. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169457. [PMID: 36012722 PMCID: PMC9409097 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Soybean is an important grain and oil crop worldwide; however, the yield and seed quality of which are seriously affected by Soybean mosaic virus (SMV). As efficient detection technology is crucial for the field management of SMV, novel immunological detection methods were developed in the present study. According to the phylogenetic analysis, the CP coding sequence of SMV-SC7 was selected for the prokaryotic expression of the recombinant SMV-CP. Purified SMV-CP was used for the development of polyclonal antibodies (PAb) against the SMV-CP (PAb-SMV-CP) and monoclonal antibodies (MAb) against SMV-CP (MAb-SMV-CP). Subsequently, the PAb-SMV-CP was used for the development of a novel DAS- quantitative ELISA (DAS-qELISA) kit, of which the sensitivity was greater than 1:4000, and this could be used for the quantitative detection of SMV in China. Meanwhile, the MAb-SMV-CP was labeled with colloidal gold, and then was used for the development of the SMV-specific gold immunochromatography strip (SMV-GICS). The SMV-GICS gives accurate detection results through observed control lines and test lines in 5 to 10 min, sharing the same sensitivity as RT-PCR, and can be used for rapid, accurate and high-throughput field SMV detection. The DAS-qELISA kit and the SMV-GICA strip developed in this study are SMV-specific, sensitive, cheap and easy to use. These products will be conducive to the timely, efficient SMV epidemiology and detection in major soybean-producing regions in China and abroad.
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Prajapati MR, Manav A, Singhal P, Sidharthan VK, Sirohi U, Kumar M, Bharti MK, Singh J, Kumar P, Kumar R, Prakash S, Baranwal VK. Complete Genomic RNA Sequence of Tuberose Mild Mosaic Virus and Tuberose Mild Mottle Virus Acquired by High-Throughput Sequencing. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11080861. [PMID: 36014982 PMCID: PMC9412269 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11080861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) is an ornamental flowering crop of the Amaryllidaceae family. Tuberose mild mosaic virus (TuMMV) and tuberose mild mottle virus (TuMMoV), members of the genus Potyvirus, are ubiquitously distributed in most tuberose growing countries worldwide with low biological incidence. Here, we report the first coding-complete genomic RNA of TuMMV and TuMMoV obtained through high-throughput sequencing (HTS) and further, the presence of both the viruses were confirmed using virus-specific primers in RT-PCR assays. Excluding the poly (A) tail, the coding-complete genomic RNA of TuMMV and TuMMoV was 9485 and 9462 nucleotides (nts) in length, respectively, and contained a single large open reading frame (ORF). Polyprotein encoded by both the viral genomes contained nine putative cleavage sites. BLASTn analysis of TuMMV and TuMMoV genomes showed 72.40–76.80% and 67.95–77% nucleotide sequence similarities, respectively, with the existing potyviral sequences. Phylogenetic analysis based on genome sequences showed that TuMMV and TuMMoV clustered in a distinct clade to other potyviruses. Further studies are required to understand the mechanism of symptom development, distribution, genetic variability, and their possible threat to tuberose production in India.
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- Malyaj R Prajapati
- College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Division of Genetics and Tree Improvement, Institute of Forest Biodiversity (ICFRE), Hyderabad 500100, Telangana, India
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- College of Agriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Horticulture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Horticulture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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Bester R, Steyn C, Breytenbach JHJ, de Bruyn R, Cook G, Maree HJ. Reproducibility and Sensitivity of High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS)-Based Detection of Citrus Tristeza Virus and Three Citrus Viroids. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11151939. [PMID: 35893644 PMCID: PMC9330035 DOI: 10.3390/plants11151939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The credibility of a pathogen detection assay is measured using specific parameters including repeatability, specificity, sensitivity, and reproducibility. The use of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) as a routine detection assay for viruses and viroids in citrus was previously evaluated and, in this study, the reproducibility and sensitivity of the HTS assay were assessed. To evaluate the reproducibility of HTS, the same plants assayed in a previous study were sampled again, one year later, and assessed in triplicate using the same analyses to construct the virome profile. The sensitivity of the HTS assay was compared to routinely used RT-PCR assays in a time course experiment, to compensate for natural pathogen accumulation in plants over time. The HTS pipeline applied in this study produced reproducible and comparable results to standard RT-PCR assays for the detection of CTV and three viroid species in citrus. Even though the limit of detection of HTS can be influenced by pathogen concentration, sample processing method and sequencing depth, detection with HTS was found to be either equivalent or more sensitive than RT-PCR in this study.
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- Rachelle Bester
- Citrus Research International, P.O. Box 2201, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
- Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
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- Citrus Research International, P.O. Box 28, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa; (C.S.); (J.H.J.B.); (G.C.)
- Department of Plant Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
- Citrus Research International, P.O. Box 28, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa; (C.S.); (J.H.J.B.); (G.C.)
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- Citrus Research International, P.O. Box 28, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa; (C.S.); (J.H.J.B.); (G.C.)
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- Citrus Research International, P.O. Box 2201, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
- Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +27-21-808-9579
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Li J, Shang Q, Liu Y, Dai W, Li X, Wei S, Hu G, McNeill MR, Ban L. Occurrence, Distribution, and Transmission of Alfalfa Viruses in China. Viruses 2022; 14:1519. [PMID: 35891498 PMCID: PMC9316278 DOI: 10.3390/v14071519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important quality forages worldwide and is cultivated throughout China. Alfalfa is susceptible to a variety of viral diseases during its growth, which has caused huge amounts of commercial losses. However, the profile of the alfalfa virus in China remains ambiguous and the viruses transmitted by Odontothrips loti (Haliday), dominant insect pests in alfalfa, are also poorly understood. In the present study, virus diversity was investigated in the primary alfalfa-growing areas in China. A total of 18 alfalfa viruses were identified through RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Two new plant viruses, Medicago sativa virus 1 (MsV1) and Medicago sativa luteovirus 1 (MsLV1), were detected for the first time. Another four viruses, including the Alfalfa ringspot-associated virus (ARaV), Alfalfa virus F (AVF), Alfalfa enamovirus 1 (AEV1), and Alfalfa deltaparitivirus (ADPV), were reported in China for the first time as well. Both Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) and Medicago sativa alphapartitivirus 2 (MsAPV2) are the dominant pathogens, with an infection incidence of 91.7-100%, and 74.4-97.2%, respectively. Additionally, O. loti with first- and second-instar nymphs were shown to acquire the AMV within 0.25 h of feeding on a virus-infected alfalfa. Transmission by thrips to healthy alfalfa plants was also demonstrated. Additionally, we clarified the dynamic changes in the AMV in pre-adult stages of O. loti, which indicated that the AMV is propagated in the nymph stage of O. loti. These findings provide valuable information for understanding the alfalfa virome, confirm the role thrips O. loti plays in alfalfa virus transmission, and improve our fundamental knowledge and management of diseases in China.
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (J.L.); (Y.L.); (W.D.); (X.L.)
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- College of Bioscience and Resources Environment, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 100096, China;
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (J.L.); (Y.L.); (W.D.); (X.L.)
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (J.L.); (Y.L.); (W.D.); (X.L.)
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (J.L.); (Y.L.); (W.D.); (X.L.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China;
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- Pratacultural College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
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- Resilient Agriculture Innovative Centre of Excellence, AgResearch, Ltd., Lincoln 7674, New Zealand;
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (J.L.); (Y.L.); (W.D.); (X.L.)
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Quito-Avila DF, Reyes-Proaño EG, Mendoza A, Margaria P, Menzel W, Bera S, Simon AE. Two new umbravirus-like associated RNAs (ulaRNAs) discovered in maize and johnsongrass from Ecuador. Arch Virol 2022; 167:2093-2098. [PMID: 35821148 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-022-05525-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Two new umbravirus-like associated RNAs (ulaRNAs) were found, respectively, in maize and Johnsongrass samples from Ecuador. The complete sequences consist of 3,053 and 3,025 nucleotides, respectively, and contain four open reading frames (ORFs). Their genome sequences were 58% identical to each other and 28 to 60% identical to the most closely related viruses. Phylogenetic analysis using full genome sequences and amino acid sequence of the RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase (RdRp) placed both sequences in a clade sharing the most recent common ancestor with ulaRNAs from sugarcane and maize, suggesting that they belong to a monophyletic grass-infecting lineage. Their terminal regions exhibit features common to umbraviruses and ulaRNAs.
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- Diego F Quito-Avila
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil, Ecuador. .,Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, CIBE, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- INIAP, Estación Experimental Portoviejo, Km 12, Via a Santa Ana, Manabí, Ecuador
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- Plant Virus Department, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7 B, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Plant Virus Department, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7 B, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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Examination of the Virome of Taro Plants Affected by a Lethal Disease, the Alomae-Bobone Virus Complex, in Papua New Guinea. Viruses 2022; 14:v14071410. [PMID: 35891390 PMCID: PMC9320088 DOI: 10.3390/v14071410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Alomae-bobone virus complex (ABVC) is a lethal but still understudied disease that is limited to the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The only virus clearly associated to ABVC is Colocasia bobone disease-associated virus (CBDaV). Taro (Colocasia esculenta) plants with and without symptoms of ABVC disease were sampled from two locations in Papua New Guinea and examined for viruses using high-throughput sequencing (HTS). Similar to previous reports, isolates of CBDaV were present only in symptomatic plants, further supporting its role in the disease. The only other viruses consistently present in symptomatic plants were badnaviruses: taro bacilliform virus (TaBV) and/or taro bacilliform CH virus (TaBCHV). If ABVC requires co-infection by multiple viruses, CBDaV and badnavirus infection appears to be the most likely combination. The complete genomes of two isolates of CBDaV and TaBCHV, and single isolates of TaBV and dasheen mosaic virus, were obtained in this study, furthering our knowledge of the genetic diversity of these relatively understudied taro viruses. HTS data also provided evidence for an agent similar to umbra-like viruses that we are tentatively designating it as Colocasia umbra-like virus (CULV).
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Evaluation of New Polyclonal Antibody Developed for Serological Diagnostics of Tomato Mosaic Virus. Viruses 2022; 14:v14061331. [PMID: 35746802 PMCID: PMC9228224 DOI: 10.3390/v14061331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Plant viruses threaten agricultural production by reducing the yield, quality, and economical benefits. Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) from the genus Tobamovirus causes serious losses in the quantity and quality of tomato production. The management of plant protection is very difficult, mainly due to the vector-less transmission of ToMV. Resistant breeding generally has low effectiveness. The most practical approach is the use of a rapid diagnostic assay of the virus' presence before the symptoms occur in plants, followed by the eradication of virus-infected plants. Such approaches also include serological detection methods (ELISA and Western immunoblotting), where antibodies need to be developed for an immunochemical reaction. The development and characterization of polyclonal antibodies for the detection of ToMV with appropriate parameters (sensitivity, specificity, and cross-reactivity) were the subjects of this study. A new polyclonal antibody, AB-1, was developed in immunized rabbits using the modified oligopeptides with antigenic potential (sequences are revealed) derived from the coat protein of ToMV SL-1. the developed polyclonal antibody. AB-1, showed higher sensitivity when compared with commercially available analogs. It also detected ToMV in infected pepper and eggplant plants, and detected another two tobamoviruses (TMV and PMMoV) and ToMV in soil rhizosphere samples and root residues, even two years after the cultivation of the infected tomato plant.
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Adeleke IA, Kavalappara SR, McGregor C, Srinivasan R, Bag S. Persistent, and Asymptomatic Viral Infections and Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses Impacting Cantaloupe and Watermelon in Georgia, USA. Viruses 2022; 14:1310. [PMID: 35746780 PMCID: PMC9227350 DOI: 10.3390/v14061310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cucurbits in Southeastern USA have experienced a drastic decline in production over the years due to the effect of economically important viruses, mainly those transmitted by the sweet potato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius). In cucurbits, these viruses can be found as a single or mixed infection, thereby causing significant yield loss. During the spring of 2021, surveys were conducted to evaluate the incidence and distribution of viruses infecting cantaloupe (n = 80) and watermelon (n = 245) in Georgia. Symptomatic foliar tissues were collected from six counties and sRNA libraries were constructed from seven symptomatic samples. High throughput sequencing (HTS) analysis revealed the presence of three different new RNA viruses in Georgia: cucumis melo endornavirus (CmEV), cucumis melo amalgavirus (CmAV1), and cucumis melo cryptic virus (CmCV). Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed the presence of CmEV and CmAV1 in 25% and 43% of the total samples tested, respectively. CmCV was not detected using RT-PCR. Watermelon crinkle leaf-associated virus 1 (WCLaV-1), recently reported in GA, was detected in 28% of the samples tested. Furthermore, RT-PCR and PCR analysis of 43 symptomatic leaf tissues collected from the fall-grown watermelon in 2019 revealed the presence of cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV), cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV), and cucurbit leaf crumple virus (CuLCrV) at 73%, 2%, and 81%, respectively. This finding broadens our knowledge of the prevalence of viruses in melons in the fall and spring, as well as the geographical expansion of the WCLaV-1 in GA, USA.
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793, USA;
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Xu Y, Ghanim M, Liu Y. Editorial: Mixed Infections of Plant Viruses in Nature and the Impact on Agriculture. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:922607. [PMID: 35774460 PMCID: PMC9238407 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.922607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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- Yi Xu
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Yi Xu
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- Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Hunan Plant Protection Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, China
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Pecman A, Adams I, Gutiérrez-Aguirre I, Fox A, Boonham N, Ravnikar M, Kutnjak D. Systematic Comparison of Nanopore and Illumina Sequencing for the Detection of Plant Viruses and Viroids Using Total RNA Sequencing Approach. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:883921. [PMID: 35633678 PMCID: PMC9131090 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.883921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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High-throughput sequencing (HTS) has become an important tool for plant virus detection and discovery. Nanopore sequencing has been rapidly developing in the recent years and offers new possibilities for fast diagnostic applications of HTS. With this in mind, a study was completed, comparing the most established HTS platform (MiSeq benchtop sequencer-Illumina), with the MinION sequencer (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) for the detection of plant viruses and viroids. Method comparisons were performed on five selected samples, containing two viroids, which were sequenced using nanopore technology for the first time and 11 plant viruses with different genome organizations. For all samples, sequencing libraries for the MiSeq were prepared from ribosomal RNA-depleted total RNA (rRNA-depleted totRNA) and for MinION sequencing, direct RNA sequencing of totRNA was used. Moreover, for one of the samples, which contained five different plant viruses and a viroid, three additional variations of sample preparation for MinION sequencing were also used: direct RNA sequencing of rRNA-depleted totRNA, cDNA-PCR sequencing of totRNA, and cDNA-PCR sequencing of rRNA-depleted totRNA. Whilst direct RNA sequencing of total RNA was the quickest of the tested approaches, it was also the least sensitive: using this approach, we failed to detect only one virus that was present in a sample at an extremely low titer. All other MinION sequencing approaches showed improved performance with outcomes similar to Illumina sequencing, with cDNA-PCR sequencing of rRNA-depleted totRNA showing the best performance amongst tested nanopore MinION sequencing approaches. Moreover, when enough sequencing data were generated, high-quality consensus viral genome sequences could be reconstructed from MinION sequencing data, with high identity to the ones generated from Illumina data. The results of this study implicate that, when an appropriate sample and library preparation are selected, nanopore MinION sequencing could be used for the detection of plant viruses and viroids with similar performance as Illumina sequencing. Taken as a balance of practicality and performance, this suggests that MinION sequencing may be an ideal tool for fast and affordable virus diagnostics.
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- Anja Pecman
- Department of Biotechnology and System Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Fera Science Ltd., York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biotechnology and System Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute for Agri-Food Research and Innovation, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biotechnology and System Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biotechnology and System Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Lee HJ, Jeong RD. Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Plant Viruses in Imported Pear and Kiwifruit Pollen. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2022; 38:220-228. [PMID: 35678055 PMCID: PMC9343911 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.oa.03.2022.0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Pollen is a vector for viral transmission. Pollen-mediated viruses cause serious economic losses in the fruit industry. Despite the commercial importance of pollen-associated viruses, the diversity of such viruses is yet to be fully explored. In this study, we performed metatranscriptomic analyses using RNA sequencing to investigate the viral diversity in imported apple and kiwifruit pollen. We identified 665 virus-associated contigs, which corresponded to four different virus species. We identified one virus, the apple stem grooving virus, from pear pollen and three viruses, including citrus leaf blotch virus, cucumber mosaic virus, and lychnis mottle virus in kiwifruit pollen. The assembled viral genome sequences were analyzed to determine phylogenetic relationships. These findings will expand our knowledge of the virosphere in fruit pollen and lead to appropriate management of international pollen trade. However, the pathogenic mechanisms of pollen-associated viruses in fruit trees should be further investigated.
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- Corresponding author. Phone) +82-62-530-2075, FAX) +82-62-530-2069, E-mail)
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Identification and Characterization of Two Novel Noda-like Viruses from Rice Plants Showing the Dwarfing Symptom. Viruses 2022; 14:v14061159. [PMID: 35746632 PMCID: PMC9231309 DOI: 10.3390/v14061159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Nodaviruses are small bipartite RNA viruses and are considered animal viruses. Here, we identified two novel noda-like viruses (referred to as rice-associated noda-like virus 1 (RNLV1) and rice-associated noda-like virus 2 (RNLV2)) in field-collected rice plants showing a dwarfing phenotype through RNA-seq. RNLV1 genome consists of 3335 nt RNA1 and 1769 nt RNA2, and RNLV2 genome consists of 3279 nt RNA1 and 1525 nt RNA2. Three conserved ORFs were identified in each genome of the two novel viruses, encoding an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, an RNA silencing suppressor, and a capsid protein, respectively. The results of sequence alignment, protein domain prediction, and evolutionary analysis indicate that these two novel viruses are clearly different from the known nodaviruses, especially the CPs. We have also determined that the B2 protein encoded by the two new noda-like viruses can suppress RNA silencing in plants. Two reverse genetic systems were constructed and used to show that RNLV1 RNA1 can replicate in plant cells and RNLV1 can replicate in insect Sf9 cells. We have also found two unusual peptidase family A21 domains in the RNLV1 CP, and RNLV1 CP can self-cleave in acidic environments. These findings provide new knowledge of novel nodaviruses.
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Ma Y, Che H, Gao S, Lin Y, Li S. Diverse Novel Viruses Coinfecting the Tropical Ornamental Plant Polyscias balfouriana in China. Viruses 2022; 14:v14061120. [PMID: 35746592 PMCID: PMC9228080 DOI: 10.3390/v14061120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The viromic profile of Polyscias balfouriana cv. Marginata, a perennial woody and ornamental plant, was determined using ribosomal RNA-depleted total RNA (rRNA-depleted totRNA) sequencing. Five viruses (i.e., polyscias mosaic virus, PoMV; one potential novel rhabdovirus; and three novel viruses of Betaflexiviridae and Closteroviridae) were detected and prevalence-surveyed in Hainan province, China. The genomes of polyscias capillovirus 1 (PCaV-1) and polyscias citrivirus 1 (PCiV-1) of family Betaflexiviridae were completed, and the genomes of polyscias crinivirus 1 (PCrV-1) of Closteroviridae were nearly completed lacking the 5′ and 3′ termini. PCaV-1 shares 68% genome nucleotide (nt) identity and 66% replicase (Rep) amino acid (aa) identity with homologues in apple stem grooving virus (ASGV). PCiV-1 shares 65% genome nt identity and 64% Rep aa identity with homologs in citrus leaf blotch virus (CLBV). Meeting the species demarcation criteria, PCaV-1 and PCiV-1 were considered to be new species in genera Capillovirus and Citrivirus, respectively. PCrV-1 shares high genome nt identity (62%), heat shock protein 70-like protein (HSP70h) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) aa identity (78−80%) with homologues in tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV). We tentatively consider PCrV-1 to be an unclassified member of the Crinivirus genus. PoMV, PCaV-1, PCiV-1, and PCrV-1 are the prevalent viruses with >73% occurrence in the Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden, Hainan, China.
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- Yuxin Ma
- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (Y.M.); (H.C.); (Y.L.)
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (Y.M.); (H.C.); (Y.L.)
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- Spice and Beverage Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wanning 571533, China;
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (Y.M.); (H.C.); (Y.L.)
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (Y.M.); (H.C.); (Y.L.)
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Sukhorukov G, Khalili M, Gascuel O, Candresse T, Marais-Colombel A, Nikolski M. VirHunter: A Deep Learning-Based Method for Detection of Novel RNA Viruses in Plant Sequencing Data. FRONTIERS IN BIOINFORMATICS 2022; 2:867111. [PMID: 36304258 PMCID: PMC9580956 DOI: 10.3389/fbinf.2022.867111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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High-throughput sequencing has provided the capacity of broad virus detection for both known and unknown viruses in a variety of hosts and habitats. It has been successfully applied for novel virus discovery in many agricultural crops, leading to the current drive to apply this technology routinely for plant health diagnostics. For this, efficient and precise methods for sequencing-based virus detection and discovery are essential. However, both existing alignment-based methods relying on reference databases and even more recent machine learning approaches are not efficient enough in detecting unknown viruses in RNAseq datasets of plant viromes. We present VirHunter, a deep learning convolutional neural network approach, to detect novel and known viruses in assemblies of sequencing datasets. While our method is generally applicable to a variety of viruses, here, we trained and evaluated it specifically for RNA viruses by reinforcing the coding sequences' content in the training dataset. Trained on the NCBI plant viruses data for three different host species (peach, grapevine, and sugar beet), VirHunter outperformed the state-of-the-art method, DeepVirFinder, for the detection of novel viruses, both in the synthetic leave-out setting and on the 12 newly acquired RNAseq datasets. Compared with the traditional tBLASTx approach, VirHunter has consistently exhibited better results in the majority of leave-out experiments. In conclusion, we have shown that VirHunter can be used to streamline the analyses of plant HTS-acquired viromes and is particularly well suited for the detection of novel viral contigs, in RNAseq datasets.
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- Grigorii Sukhorukov
- CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Bordeaux Bioinformatics Center, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR BFP, CS20032, CEDEX, Villenave d’Ornon, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Biodiversité, Evolution (ISYEB - UMR7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA), Paris, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR BFP, CS20032, CEDEX, Villenave d’Ornon, France
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- CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Bordeaux Bioinformatics Center, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Kang S, Kim KT, Choi J, Kim H, Cheong K, Bandara A, Lee YH. Genomics and Informatics, Conjoined Tools Vital for Understanding and Protecting Plant Health. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:981-995. [PMID: 34889667 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-21-0418-rvw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Genomics' impact on crop production continuously expands. The number of sequenced plant and microbial species and strains representing diverse populations of individual species rapidly increases thanks to the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies. Their genomic blueprints revealed candidate genes involved in various functions and processes crucial for crop health and helped in understanding how the sequenced organisms have evolved at the genome level. Functional genomics quickly translates these blueprints into a detailed mechanistic understanding of how such functions and processes work and are regulated; this understanding guides and empowers efforts to protect crops from diverse biotic and abiotic threats. Metagenome analyses help identify candidate microbes crucial for crop health and uncover how microbial communities associated with crop production respond to environmental conditions and cultural practices, presenting opportunities to enhance crop health by judiciously configuring microbial communities. Efficient conversion of disparate types of massive genomics data into actionable knowledge requires a robust informatics infrastructure supporting data preservation, analysis, and sharing. This review starts with an overview of how genomics came about and has quickly transformed life science. We illuminate how genomics and informatics can be applied to investigate various crop health-related problems using selected studies. We end the review by noting why community empowerment via crowdsourcing is crucial to harnessing genomics to protect global food and nutrition security without continuously expanding the environmental footprint of crop production.
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- Seogchan Kang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Agricultural Life Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Gangneung Institute of Natural Products, Gangneung 25451, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Plant Immunity Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Liu L, Xu Z, Awayda K, Dollery SJ, Bao M, Fan J, Cormier D, O'Connell M, Tobin GJ, Du K. Gold Nanoparticle-Labeled CRISPR-Cas13a Assay for the Sensitive Solid-State Nanopore Molecular Counting. ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES 2022; 7:2101550. [PMID: 36338309 PMCID: PMC9632472 DOI: 10.1002/admt.202101550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A gold nanoparticle (AuNP) labeled CRISPR-Cas13a nucleic acid assay has been developed for sensitive solid-state nanopore sensing. Instead of directly detecting the translocation of RNA through a nanopore, our system utilizes non-covalent conjugates of AuNPs and RNA targets. Upon CRISPR activation, the AuNPs are liberated from the RNA, isolated, and passed through a nanopore sensor. Detection of the AuNPs can be observed as increasing ionic current in the chip. Each AuNP that is detected is enumerated as an event, leading to quantitative of molecular targets. Leveraging the high signal-to-noise ratio enabled by the AuNPs, a detection limit of 50 fM before front-end target amplification is achieved using SARS-CoV-2 RNA segments as a Cas13 target. Furthermore, a dynamic range of six orders of magnitude is demonstrated for quantitative RNA sensing. This simplified AuNP-based CRISPR assay is performed at the physiological temperature without relying on thermal cyclers. In addition, the nanopore reader is similar in size to a smartphone, making the assay system suitable for rapid and portable nucleic acid biomarker detection in either low-resource settings or hospitals.
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- Li Liu
- Department of Microsystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Institute of Semiconductors, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510651, China
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- Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Biological Mimetics, Inc., 124 Byte Drive, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Department of Microsystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
- College of Health Sciences and Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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Gauthier MEA, Lelwala RV, Elliott CE, Windell C, Fiorito S, Dinsdale A, Whattam M, Pattemore J, Barrero RA. Side-by-Side Comparison of Post-Entry Quarantine and High Throughput Sequencing Methods for Virus and Viroid Diagnosis. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11020263. [PMID: 35205129 PMCID: PMC8868628 DOI: 10.3390/biology11020263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Rapid and safe access to new plant genetic stocks is crucial for primary plant industries to remain profitable, sustainable, and internationally competitive. Imported plant species may spend several years in Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facilities, undergoing pathogen testing which can impact the ability of plant industries to quickly adapt to new global market opportunities by accessing new varieties. Advances in high throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies provide new opportunities for a broad range of fields, including phytosanitary diagnostics. In this study, we compare the performance of two HTS methods (RNA-Seq and sRNA-Seq) with that of existing PEQ molecular assays in detecting and identifying viruses and viroids from various plant commodities. To analyze the data, we tested several bioinformatics tools which rely on different approaches, including direct-read, de novo, and reference-guided assembly. We implemented VirusReport, a new portable, scalable, and reproducible nextflow pipeline that analyses sRNA datasets to detect and identify viruses and viroids. We raise awareness of the need to evaluate cross-sample contamination when analyzing HTS data routinely and of using methods to mitigate index cross-talk. Overall, our results suggest that sRNA analyzed using VirReport provides opportunities to improve quarantine testing at PEQ by detecting all regulated exotic viruses from imported plants in a single assay.
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- Marie-Emilie A. Gauthier
- eResearch, Research Infrastructure, Academic Division, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia; (M.-E.A.G.); (R.V.L.); (C.W.)
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- eResearch, Research Infrastructure, Academic Division, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia; (M.-E.A.G.); (R.V.L.); (C.W.)
- Science and Surveillance Group, Post Entry Quarantine, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Mickleham, VIC 3064, Australia; (C.E.E.); (J.P.)
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- Science and Surveillance Group, Post Entry Quarantine, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Mickleham, VIC 3064, Australia; (C.E.E.); (J.P.)
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- eResearch, Research Infrastructure, Academic Division, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia; (M.-E.A.G.); (R.V.L.); (C.W.)
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- Plant Innovation Centre, Post Entry Quarantine, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Mickleham, VIC 3064, Australia; (S.F.); (A.D.); (M.W.)
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- Plant Innovation Centre, Post Entry Quarantine, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Mickleham, VIC 3064, Australia; (S.F.); (A.D.); (M.W.)
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- Plant Innovation Centre, Post Entry Quarantine, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Mickleham, VIC 3064, Australia; (S.F.); (A.D.); (M.W.)
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- Science and Surveillance Group, Post Entry Quarantine, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Mickleham, VIC 3064, Australia; (C.E.E.); (J.P.)
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- eResearch, Research Infrastructure, Academic Division, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia; (M.-E.A.G.); (R.V.L.); (C.W.)
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Cornejo-Franco JF, Reyes-Proaño E, Mollov D, Mowery J, Quito-Avila DF. Transmission and Pathogenicity of Papaya Virus E: Insights from an Experimental Papaya Orchard. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:685-690. [PMID: 34601954 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-21-1785-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A study was conducted to investigate epidemiological aspects of papaya virus E (PpVE), a cytorhabdovirus commonly found in papaya (Carica papaya L.) plantings in Ecuador. Besides papaya, PpVE was found in three Fabaceae weeds, including Rhynchosia minima, Centrosema plumieri, and Macroptilium lathyroides, the latter being the species with the highest virus prevalence. Greenhouse experiments showed that in M. lathyroides, single infections of PpVE induce only mild leaf mosaic, whereas in mixed infections with cowpea severe mosaic virus, PpVE contributes to severe mosaic. In papaya, PpVE did not induce noticeable symptoms in single or mixed infections with papaya ringspot virus. Transmission experiments confirmed that whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) transmit PpVE in a semipersistent, nonpropagative manner.
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- Juan F Cornejo-Franco
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil 090101, Guayas, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil 090101, Guayas, Ecuador
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Center, Horticultural Crops Research Unit, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Center, Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil 090101, Guayas, Ecuador
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil 090101, Guayas, Ecuador
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Guo Z, Zhang T, Chen Z, Niu J, Cui X, Mao Y, Hassan MU, Kareem HA, Xu N, Sui X, Gao S, Roy M, Cui J, Wang Q. Occurrence, Distribution, and Genetic Diversity of Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) Viruses in Four Major Alfalfa-Producing Provinces of China. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:771361. [PMID: 35095791 PMCID: PMC8793692 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.771361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most widely cultivated forage crops in the world. China is the second largest producer of alfalfa in terms of the planting area worldwide, with Gansu, Henan, Inner Mongolia, and Shaanxi provinces being the production hubs. Alfalfa viruses have been reported on a small-scale survey in some of these areas, but they have not been well characterized. In the present study, seven viruses were detected in 12 fields of 10 cities/counties of the four abovementioned provinces by high-throughput sequencing and assembly of small RNA. Their incidence, distribution, and genetic diversity were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/reverse transcription-PCR and clone sequencing. The results showed that alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV), pea streak virus (PeSV), lucerne transient streak virus (LTSV), alfalfa dwarf virus (ADV), Medicago sativa alphapartitivirus 1 (MsAPV1), MsAPV2, and alfalfa leaf curl virus (ALCV) were the main viruses infecting alfalfa in four examined provinces. AMV and MsAPV1 had the highest incidences in all 4 provinces. SDT analysis of the 7 viruses isolated in China revealed a highly conserved among AMV, LTSV, ADV, MsAPV1, MsAPV2, and ALCV, but the sequence was a high variation between China isolates to abroad isolates in PeSV, ADV, and ALCV. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ADV in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, ALCV in Inner Mongolia, MsAPV1 and MsAPV2 in all 4 provinces, and PeSV and LTSV in China. These findings provide a basis for future research on the genetic evolution of alfalfa viruses in China and on strategies to prevent diseases in alfalfa caused by these viruses.
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- Zhipeng Guo
- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Plant Science, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Villamor DEV, Keller KE, Martin RR, Tzanetakis IE. Comparison of High Throughput Sequencing to Standard Protocols for Virus Detection in Berry Crops. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:518-525. [PMID: 34282931 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-21-0949-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We completed a comprehensive study comparing virus detection between high throughput sequencing (HTS) and standard protocols in 30 berry selections (12 Fragaria, 10 Vaccinium, and eight Rubus) with known virus profiles. The study examined temporal detection of viruses at four sampling times encompassing two growing seasons. Within the standard protocols, reverse transcription (RT) PCR proved better than biological indexing. Detection of known viruses by HTS and RT-PCR nearly mirrored each other. HTS provided superior detection compared with RT-PCR on a wide spectrum of variants and discovery of novel viruses. More importantly, in most cases in which the two protocols showed parallel virus detection, 11 viruses in 16 selections were not consistently detected by both methods at all sampling points. Based on these data, we propose a testing requirement of four sampling times over two growing seasons for berry and potentially other crops, to ensure that no virus remains undetected independent of titer, distribution, or other virus-virus or virus-host interactions.
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- D E V Villamor
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System, Fayetteville, AR 72701
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR 97330
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR 97330
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System, Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Tatineni S, Alexander J, Qu F. Differential Synergistic Interactions Among Four Different Wheat-Infecting Viruses. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:800318. [PMID: 35095810 PMCID: PMC8793356 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.800318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Field-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants can be co-infected by multiple viruses, including wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV), brome mosaic virus (BMV), and barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV). These viruses belong to four different genera in three different families and are, hence, genetically divergent. However, the impact of potential co-infections with two, three, or all four of them on the viruses themselves, as well as the wheat host, has yet to be examined. This study examined bi-, tri-, and quadripartite interactions among these viruses in wheat for disease development and accumulation of viral genomic RNAs, in comparison with single virus infections. Co-infection of wheat by BMV and BSMV resulted in BMV-like symptoms with a drastic reduction in BSMV genomic RNA copies and coat protein accumulation, suggesting an antagonism-like effect exerted by BMV toward BSMV. However, co-infection of either BMV or BSMV with WSMV or TriMV led to more severe disease than singly infected wheat, but with a decrease or no significant change in titers of interacting viruses in the presence of BMV or BSMV, respectively. These results were in stark contrast with exacerbated disease phenotype accompanied with enhanced virus titers caused by WSMV and TriMV co-infection. Co-infection of wheat by WSMV, TriMV, and BMV or BSMV resulted in enhanced synergistic disease accompanied by increased accumulation of TriMV and BMV but not WSMV or BSMV. Quadripartite interactions in co-infected wheat by all four viruses resulted in very severe disease synergism, leading to the death of the most infected plants, but paradoxically, a drastic reduction in BSMV titer. Our results indicate that interactions among different viruses infecting the same plant host are more complex than previously thought, do not always entail increases in virus titers, and likely involve multiple mechanisms. These findings lay the foundation for additional mechanistic dissections of synergistic interactions among unrelated plant viruses.
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- Satyanarayana Tatineni
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Wheat, Sorghum, and Forage Research Unit, Lincoln, NE, United States
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
- *Correspondence: Satyanarayana Tatineni,
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Wheat, Sorghum, and Forage Research Unit, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, United States
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Valmonte-Cortes GR, Lilly ST, Pearson MN, Higgins CM, MacDiarmid RM. The Potential of Molecular Indicators of Plant Virus Infection: Are Plants Able to Tell Us They Are Infected? PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11020188. [PMID: 35050076 PMCID: PMC8777591 DOI: 10.3390/plants11020188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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To our knowledge, there are no reports that demonstrate the use of host molecular markers for the purpose of detecting generic plant virus infection. Two approaches involving molecular indicators of virus infection in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana were examined: the accumulation of small RNAs (sRNAs) using a microfluidics-based method (Bioanalyzer); and the transcript accumulation of virus-response related host plant genes, suppressor of gene silencing 3 (AtSGS3) and calcium-dependent protein kinase 3 (AtCPK3) by reverse transcriptase-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). The microfluidics approach using sRNA chips has previously demonstrated good linearity and good reproducibility, both within and between chips. Good limits of detection have been demonstrated from two-fold 10-point serial dilution regression to 0.1 ng of RNA. The ratio of small RNA (sRNA) to ribosomal RNA (rRNA), as a proportion of averaged mock-inoculation, correlated with known virus infection to a high degree of certainty. AtSGS3 transcript decreased between 14- and 28-days post inoculation (dpi) for all viruses investigated, while AtCPK3 transcript increased between 14 and 28 dpi for all viruses. A combination of these two molecular approaches may be useful for assessment of virus-infection of samples without the need for diagnosis of specific virus infection.
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- Gardette R. Valmonte-Cortes
- School of Science, AUT City Campus, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, 120 Mt Albert Road, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (S.T.L.); (R.M.M.)
- Correspondence:
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, 120 Mt Albert Road, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (S.T.L.); (R.M.M.)
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Thomas Building, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand;
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Thomas Building, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand;
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- School of Science, AUT City Campus, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, 120 Mt Albert Road, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (S.T.L.); (R.M.M.)
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Thomas Building, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand;
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Chirkov SN, Sheveleva A, Snezhkina A, Kudryavtseva A, Krasnov G, Zakubanskiy A, Mitrofanova I. Highly divergent isolates of chrysanthemum virus B and chrysanthemum virus R infecting chrysanthemum in Russia. PeerJ 2022; 10:e12607. [PMID: 35036085 PMCID: PMC8742542 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chrysanthemum is a popular ornamental and medicinal plant that suffers from many viruses and viroids. Among them, chrysanthemum virus B (CVB, genus Carlavirus, family Betaflexiviridae) is widespread in all chrysanthemum-growing regions. Another carlavirus, chrysanthemum virus R (CVR), has been recently discovered in China. Information about chrysanthemum viruses in Russia is very scarce. The objective of this work was to study the prevalence and genetic diversity of CVB and CVR in Russia. METHODS We surveyed the chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) germplasm collection in the Nikita Botanical Gardens, Yalta, Russia. To detect CVB and CVR, we used RT-PCR with virus-specific primers. To reveal the complete genome sequences of CVB and CVR isolates, metatransciptomic analysis of the cultivars Ribonette, Fiji Yellow, and Golden Standard plants, naturally co-infected with CVB and CVR, was performed using Illumina high-throughput sequencing. The recombination detection tool (RDP4) was employed to search for recombination in assembled genomes. RESULTS A total of 90 plants of 23 local and introduced chrysanthemum cultivars were surveyed. From these, 58 and 43% plants tested positive for CVB and CVR, respectively. RNA-Seq analysis confirmed the presence of CVB and CVR, and revealed tomato aspermy virus in each of the three transcriptomes. Six near complete genomes of CVB and CVR were assembled from the RNA-Seq reads. The CVR isolate X21 from the cultivar Golden Standard was 92% identical to the Chinese isolate BJ. In contrast, genomes of the CVR isolates X6 and X13 (from the cultivars Ribonette and Fiji Yellow, respectively), were only 76% to 77% identical to the X21 and BJ, and shared 95% identity to one another and appear to represent a divergent group of the CVR. Two distantly related CVB isolates, GS1 and GS2, were found in a plant of the cultivar Golden Standard. Their genomes shared from 82% to 87% identity to each other and the CVB genome from the cultivar Fiji Yellow (isolate FY), as well as to CVB isolates from Japan and China. A recombination event of 3,720 nucleotides long was predicted in the replicase gene of the FY genome. It was supported by seven algorithms implemented in RDP4 with statistically significant P-values. The inferred major parent was the Indian isolate Uttar Pradesh (AM765837), and minor parent was unknown. CONCLUSION We found a wide distribution of CVB and CVR in the chrysanthemum germplasm collection of the Nikita Botanical Gardens, which is the largest in Russia. Six near complete genomes of CVR and CVB isolates from Russia were assembled and characterized for the first time. This is the first report of CVR in Russia and outside of China thus expanding the information on the geographical distribution of the virus. Highly divergent CVB and CVR isolates have been identified that contributes the better understanding the genetic diversity of these viruses.
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- Sergei N. Chirkov
- Department of Virology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia,Kurchatov Genomic Center-NBG-NSC, Yalta, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Postgenomic Research, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Postgenomic Research, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Postgenomic Research, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Medical Genomics, Centre for Strategic Planning of FMBA of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Genomic Center-NBG-NSC, Yalta, Russia,Plant Developmental Biology, Biotechnology and Biosafety Department, Nikita Botanical Gardens, Yalta, Russia
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Ma Y, Li S. Purification of Total RNAs and Small RNAs from Fruit Tree Leaf Tissues. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2400:217-224. [PMID: 34905205 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Perennial fruit crops are susceptible to many viral pathogens, which often lead to declines in quality and yield. For the production of good quality and virus-free propagation materials, conventional molecular detection methods combining high throughput sequencing technology have been widely applied to virus detection and discovery in fruit trees. Recovery of high-quality RNAs from fruit tree leaf tissues, the critical step for the subsequent molecular analysis, is often complicated by the presence of high levels of RNases and problematic biomolecules. Therefore, the universal extraction methods often require modification according to different properties of various tissues. In this chapter, we provide a set of methods that have been used successfully to isolate total RNAs and small RNAs from various fruit tree leaf tissues and as examples, presented in detail of a modified TRIzol method for total RNAs purification from mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaf tissues and an alternative small RNAs purification protocol using mirVana™ miRNA isolation kit (Ambion/Life Technologies) for some fruit tree leaf tissues. The protocols described here aim to provide examples of what have worked successfully for a range of fruit trees and may be successful for a given sample in the future.
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- Yuxin Ma
- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Piombo E, Dubey M. Computational Analysis of HTS Data and Its Application in Plant Pathology. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2536:275-307. [PMID: 35819611 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2517-0_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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High-throughput sequencing is a basic tool of biological research, and it is extensively used in plant pathology projects. Here, we describe how to handle data coming from a variety of sequencing experiments, focusing on the analysis of Illumina reads. We describe how to perform genome assembly and annotation with DNA reads, correctly analyze RNA-seq data to discover differentially expressed genes, handle amplicon sequencing data from microbial communities, and utilize small RNA sequencing data to predict miRNA sequences and their putative targets.
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- Edoardo Piombo
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala Biocenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala Biocenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Pasin F, Daròs JA, Tzanetakis IE. OUP accepted manuscript. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2022; 46:6534904. [PMID: 35195244 PMCID: PMC9249622 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuac011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Potyviridae, the largest family of known RNA viruses (realm Riboviria), belongs to the picorna-like supergroup and has important agricultural and ecological impacts. Potyvirid genomes are translated into polyproteins, which are in turn hydrolyzed to release mature products. Recent sequencing efforts revealed an unprecedented number of potyvirids with a rich variability in gene content and genomic layouts. Here, we review the heterogeneity of non-core modules that expand the structural and functional diversity of the potyvirid proteomes. We provide a family-wide classification of P1 proteinases into the functional Types A and B, and discuss pretty interesting sweet potato potyviral ORF (PISPO), putative zinc fingers, and alkylation B (AlkB)—non-core modules found within P1 cistrons. The atypical inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPase/HAM1), as well as the pseudo tobacco mosaic virus-like coat protein (TMV-like CP) are discussed alongside homologs of unrelated virus taxa. Family-wide abundance of the multitasking helper component proteinase (HC-pro) is revised. Functional connections between non-core modules are highlighted to support host niche adaptation and immune evasion as main drivers of the Potyviridae evolutionary radiation. Potential biotechnological and synthetic biology applications of potyvirid leader proteinases and non-core modules are finally explored.
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- Fabio Pasin
- Corresponding author: Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València (CSIC-UPV), UPV Building 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, 46011 Valencia, Spain. E-mail:
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València (CSIC-UPV), 46011 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System, 72701 Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Gambino G, Perrone I. Somatic Embryogenesis as a Tool for Studying Grapevine-Virus Interaction. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2536:381-394. [PMID: 35819615 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2517-0_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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More than 80 viral species, many of which are not associated with a clear disease or symptomatology, can infect grapevine. The study of grapevine-virus interactions in recent years is playing an increasingly important role and these studies have shown that the molecular and physiological responses to a virus greatly vary depending on the viral strains, the presence of multiple viral infections, the grapevine genotype, and the environment. Moreover, due to the characteristics of the grapevine cultivation and its vegetative propagation, it is very difficult to find healthy plants in vineyards to use them as control in the experiments. Starting from these considerations, in order to investigate the plant-virus interaction in an unbiased way, it is important to set up an experimental system able to control as much of these variables as possible. The protocol here proposed provides the overcome some of these factors by: (i) the production of healthy plants by somatic embryogenesis; (ii) the virus transmission using in vitro micrografting, and (iii) the transfer of in vitro plants to ex-vitro conditions for the analysis of interest.
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- Giorgio Gambino
- National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (CNR-IPSP), Torino, Italy.
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- National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (CNR-IPSP), Torino, Italy
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Challenges and opportunities for plant viruses under a climate change scenario. Adv Virus Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2022.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Qiao JH, Gao Q, Zang Y, Fang XD, Wang XB. A Versatile Expression Platform in Insects and Cereals Based on a Cytorhabdovirus. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2400:163-170. [PMID: 34905200 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In recent years, plant virus-based vectors have been widely applied to express heterologous proteins for genomic studies and commercial production. Among these versatile RNA viral vectors, the barley yellow striate mosaic virus (BYSMV)-based expression vector system has outstanding capability to express large and multiple heterologous proteins. Here we describe a detailed protocol for expression of heterologous proteins using BYSMV expression systems in monocot plants and insects.
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- Ji-Hui Qiao
- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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Redila CD, Prakash V, Nouri S. Metagenomics Analysis of the Wheat Virome Identifies Novel Plant and Fungal-Associated Viral Sequences. Viruses 2021; 13:2457. [PMID: 34960726 PMCID: PMC8705367 DOI: 10.3390/v13122457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Wheat viruses including wheat streak mosaic virus, Triticum mosaic virus, and barley yellow dwarf virus cost substantial losses in crop yields every year. Although there have been extensive studies conducted on these known wheat viruses, currently, there is limited knowledge about all components of the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) virome. Here, we determined the composition of the wheat virome through total RNA deep sequencing of field-collected leaf samples. Sequences were de novo assembled after removing the host reads, and BLASTx searches were conducted. In addition to the documented wheat viruses, novel plant and fungal-associated viral sequences were identified. We obtained the full genome sequence of the first umbra-like associated RNA virus tentatively named wheat umbra-like virus in cereals. Moreover, a novel bi-segmented putative virus tentatively named wheat-associated vipovirus sharing low but significant similarity with both plant and fungal-associated viruses was identified. Additionally, a new putative fungal-associated tobamo-like virus and novel putative Mitovirus were discovered in wheat samples. The discovery and characterization of novel viral sequences associated with wheat is important to determine if these putative viruses may pose a threat to the wheat industry or have the potential to be used as new biological control agents for wheat pathogens either as wild-type or recombinant viruses.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; (C.D.R.); (V.P.)
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Research on Cancer Molecular Typing Based on High-Throughput Sequencing Technology. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2021; 2021:9941475. [PMID: 35437445 PMCID: PMC9013290 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9941475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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This paper studies the role of high-throughput measurement technology in cancer molecular typing. Based on the Dendrix algorithm, the model proposed in this paper selects the gene replication time as an inherent attribute that affects the frequency of gene mutations and adds it to the model. After setting the size of the gene set, compared with the Dendrix algorithm, the model does not need to delete the gene set that has been found in the process of searching the pathway, and it can find more driving pathway gene sets. Based on the high coverage and high exclusivity of the driving gene set in the pathway and the influence of gene covariates, this paper constructs an adaptive multiobjective optimization model. In order to overcome the problem of gene mutation heterogeneity, this model introduces gene covariates as the weight of gene mutation frequency so that the model is adaptive to each gene. The analysis of the research results shows the reliability of high-throughput sequencing technology.
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Vendrell-Mir P, Perroud PF, Haas FB, Meyberg R, Charlot F, Rensing SA, Nogué F, Casacuberta JM. A vertically transmitted amalgavirus is present in certain accessions of the bryophyte Physcomitrium patens. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 108:1786-1797. [PMID: 34687260 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In the last few years, next-generation sequencing techniques have started to be used to identify new viruses infecting plants. This has allowed to rapidly increase our knowledge on viruses other than those causing symptoms in economically important crops. Here we used this approach to identify a virus infecting Physcomitrium patens that has the typical structure of the double-stranded RNA endogenous viruses of the Amalgaviridae family, which we named Physcomitrium patens amalgavirus 1, or PHPAV1. PHPAV1 is present only in certain accessions of P. patens, where its RNA can be detected throughout the cell cycle of the plant. Our analysis demonstrates that PHPAV1 can be vertically transmitted through both paternal and maternal germlines, in crosses between accessions that contain the virus with accessions that do not contain it. This work suggests that PHPAV1 can replicate in genomic backgrounds different from those that actually contain the virus and opens the door for future studies on virus-host coevolution.
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- Pol Vendrell-Mir
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, 78000, France
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- Plant Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Plant Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, 78000, France
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- Plant Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, 78000, France
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity in RNA-Seq-based detection of grapevine viral pathogens. J Virol Methods 2021; 300:114383. [PMID: 34843827 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Virus detection is a crucial step for the implementation of clean stock programs that preserve healthy crop species. Viral infections in grapevine, a vegetatively propagated perennial crop, cannot be eradicated from the vineyards by the application of agrochemicals and must be curtailed at the stage of nursery production during the propagation of planting material. Viral detection is routinely performed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) or Reverse Transcription-quantitative Polymerase Chain Reactions (RT-qPCR). High throughput sequencing (HTS) approaches have the potential to detect all viral pathogens in a plant specimen. However, to date, no published HTS-based study has used threshold selection based on ROC curves for discriminating positive from negative samples. To fill this gap, we assessed the specificity and sensitivity of different sequencing and bioinformatics approaches for nine common viruses, which were tested in the same specimens using ELISA and/or RT-qPCR. The normalized detection thresholds giving the best results were 19.28 Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) for alignment-based total RNA-Seq approaches, 386 Reads Per Million mapped reads (RPM) for metagenomics-based total RNA-Seq, 1572 FPKM for alignment-based small RNA-Seq analysis and 0.97 % of contigs for de novo analysis of small RNA-Seq data. Validation of the proposed thresholds using independent specimens collected over time from the same stocks and other specimens collected from nearby stocks that had derived from the same propagating material showed that HTS approaches are accurate, with RNA-Seq approaches showing better performance than small RNA-Seq.
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Lal A, Kim YH, Vo TTB, Wira Sanjaya IGNP, Ho PT, Byun HS, Choi HS, Kil EJ, Lee S. Identification of a Novel Geminivirus in Fraxinus rhynchophylla in Korea. Viruses 2021; 13:2385. [PMID: 34960653 PMCID: PMC8705360 DOI: 10.3390/v13122385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fraxinus rhynchophylla, common name ash, belongs to the family Oleaceae and is found in China, Korea, North America, the Indian subcontinent, and eastern Russia. It has been used as a traditional herbal medicine in Korea and various parts of the world due to its chemical constituents. During a field survey in March 2019, mild vein thickening (almost negligible) was observed in a few ash trees. High-throughput sequencing of libraries of total DNA from ash trees, rolling-circle amplification (RCA), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) allowed the identification of a Fraxinus symptomless virus. This virus has five confirmed open reading frames along with a possible sixth open reading frame that encodes the movement protein and is almost 2.7 kb in size, with a nonanucleotide and stem loop structure identical to begomoviruses. In terms of its size and structure, this virus strongly resembles begomoviruses, but does not show any significant sequence identity with them. To confirm movement of the virus within the trees, different parts of infected trees were examined, and viral movement was successfully observed. No satellite molecules or DNA B were identified. Two-step PCR confirmed the virion and complementary strands during replication in both freshly collected infected samples of ash tree and Nicotiana benthamiana samples agro-inoculated with infectious clones. This taxon is so distantly grouped from other known geminiviruses that it likely represents a new geminivirus genus.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aamir Lal
- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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- Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 55365, Korea; (Y.-H.K.); (H.-S.B.)
| | - Thuy Thi Bich Vo
- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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- Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 55365, Korea; (Y.-H.K.); (H.-S.B.)
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- Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 55365, Korea; (Y.-H.K.); (H.-S.B.)
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; (A.L.); (T.T.B.V.); (I.G.N.P.W.S.); (P.T.H.)
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