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Sauer AJ, Fritsch E, Undorf-Spahn K, Iwata K, Kleespies RG, Nakai M, Jehle JA. Cross-Resistance of the Codling Moth against Different Isolates of Cydia pomonella Granulovirus Is Caused by Two Different but Genetically Linked Resistance Mechanisms. Viruses 2021; 13:1952. [PMID: 34696382 PMCID: PMC8537427 DOI: 10.3390/v13101952] [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: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) is a widely used biological control agent of the codling moth. Recently, however, the codling moth has developed different types of field resistance against CpGV isolates. Whereas type I resistance is Z chromosomal inherited and targeted at the viral gene pe38 of isolate CpGV-M, type II resistance is autosomal inherited and targeted against isolates CpGV-M and CpGV-S. Here, we report that mixtures of CpGV-M and CpGV-S fail to break type II resistance and is expressed at all larval stages. Budded virus (BV) injection experiments circumventing initial midgut infection provided evidence that resistance against CpGV-S is midgut-related, though fluorescence dequenching assay using rhodamine-18 labeled occlusion derived viruses (ODV) could not fully elucidate whether the receptor binding or an intracellular midgut factor is involved. From our peroral and intra-hemocoel infection experiments, we conclude that two different (but genetically linked) resistance mechanisms are responsible for type II resistance in the codling moth: resistance against CpGV-M is systemic whereas a second and/or additional resistance mechanism against CpGV-S is located in the midgut of CpR5M larvae.
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- Annette J. Sauer
- Julius Kühn-Institut—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany; (A.J.S.); (E.F.); (K.U.-S.); (R.G.K.)
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- Julius Kühn-Institut—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany; (A.J.S.); (E.F.); (K.U.-S.); (R.G.K.)
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- Julius Kühn-Institut—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany; (A.J.S.); (E.F.); (K.U.-S.); (R.G.K.)
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan; (K.I.); (M.N.)
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- Julius Kühn-Institut—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany; (A.J.S.); (E.F.); (K.U.-S.); (R.G.K.)
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan; (K.I.); (M.N.)
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- Julius Kühn-Institut—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany; (A.J.S.); (E.F.); (K.U.-S.); (R.G.K.)
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CpGV-M Replication in Type I Resistant Insects: Helper Virus and Order of Ingestion Are Important. Viruses 2021; 13:v13091695. [PMID: 34578277 PMCID: PMC8473414 DOI: 10.3390/v13091695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The genetic diversity of baculoviruses provides a sustainable agronomic solution when resistance to biopesticides seems to be on the rise. This genetic diversity promotes insect infection by several genotypes (i.e., multiple infections) that are more likely to kill the host. However, the mechanism and regulation of these virus interactions are still poorly understood. In this article, we focused on baculoviruses infecting the codling moth, Cydia pomonella: two Cydia pomonella granulovirus genotypes, CpGV-M and CpGV-R5, and Cryptophlebia peltastica nucleopolyhedrovirus (CrpeNPV). The influence of the order of ingestion of the virus genotypes, the existence of an ingestion delay between the genotypes and the specificity of each genotype involved in the success of multiple infection were studied in the case of Cydia pomonella resistance. To obtain a multiple infection in resistant insects, the order of ingestion is a key factor, but the delay for ingestion of the second virus is not. CrpeNPV cannot substitute CpGV-R5 to allow replication of CpGV-M.
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Wennmann JT, Pietruska D, Jehle JA. Transcriptome of Cydia pomonella granulovirus in susceptible and type I resistant codling moth larvae. J Gen Virol 2021; 102:001566. [PMID: 33625353 PMCID: PMC8515866 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The baculovirus Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) is a biocontrol agent used worldwide against the codling moth (CM), Cydia pomonella L., a severe pest in organic and integrated pome fruit production. Its successful application is increasingly challenged by the occurrence of CM populations resistant to commercial CpGV products. Whereas three types (I-III) of CpGV resistance have been identified, type I resistance compromising the efficacy of CpGV-M, the so-called Mexican isolate of CpGV, is assumed to be the most widely distributed resistance type in Central Europe. Despite the wide use of CpGV products as biocontrol agents, little information is available on gene-expression levels in CM larvae. In this study, the in vivo transcriptome of CpGV-M infecting susceptible (CpS) and resistant (CpRR1) CM larvae was analysed at 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours post infection in the midgut and fat body tissue by using a newly developed microarray covering all ORFs of the CpGV genome. According to their transcript abundance, the CpGV genes were grouped into four temporal clusters to which groups of known and unknown function could be assigned. In addition, sets of genes differentially expressed in the midgut and fat body were found in infected susceptible CpS larvae. For the resistant CpRR1 larvae treated with CpGV-M, viral entry in midgut cells could be confirmed from onset but a significantly reduced gene expression, indicating that type I resistance is associated with a block of viral gene transcription and replication.
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- Jörg T. Wennmann
- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Heinrichstr. 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Heinrichstr. 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Heinrichstr. 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Fan J, Jehle JA, Wennmann JT. Population structure of Cydia pomonella granulovirus isolates revealed by quantitative analysis of genetic variation. Virus Evol 2021; 7:veaa073. [PMID: 33505705 PMCID: PMC7816688 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Genetic diversity of viruses is driven by genomic mutations and selection through its host, resulting in differences in virulence as well as host responses. For baculoviruses, which are naturally occurring pathogens of insects and which are frequently sprayed on hundred thousands to millions of hectares as biocontrol agents of insect pests, the phenomenon of virus-host co-evolution is of particular scientific interest and economic importance because high virulence of baculovirus products is essential and emergence of host resistance needs to be avoided as much as possible. In the present study, the population structure of twenty isolates of the Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV), including twelve isolates from different geographic origins and eight commercial formulations, were studied on the basis of next-generation sequencing data and by analyzing the distribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). An entirely consensus sequence-free quantitative SNP analysis was applied for the identification of 753 variant SNP sites being specific for single as well as groups of CpGV isolates. Based on the quantitative SNP analysis, homogenous, heterogenous as well as mixed isolates were identified and their proportions of genotypes were deciphered, revealing a high genetic diversity of CpGV isolates from around the world. Based on hierarchical clustering on principal components (HCPC), six distinct isolate/group clusters were identified, representing the proposed main phylogenetic lineages of CpGV but comprising full genome information from virus mixtures. The relative location of different isolates in HCPC reflected the proportion of variable compositions of different genotypes. The established methods provide novel analysis tools to decipher the molecular complexity of genotype mixtures in baculovirus isolates, thus depicting the population structure of baculovirus isolates in a more adequate form than consensus based analyses.
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- Jiangbin Fan
- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Heinrichstr. 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Heinrichstr. 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Heinrichstr. 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Roberts KE, Meaden S, Sharpe S, Kay S, Doyle T, Wilson D, Bartlett LJ, Paterson S, Boots M. Resource quality determines the evolution of resistance and its genetic basis. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:4128-4142. [PMID: 32860314 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Parasites impose strong selection on their hosts, but the level of any evolved resistance may be constrained by the availability of resources. However, studies identifying the genomic basis of such resource-mediated selection are rare, particularly in nonmodel organisms. Here, we investigated the role of nutrition in the evolution of resistance to a DNA virus (PiGV), and any associated trade-offs in a lepidopteran pest species (Plodia interpunctella). Through selection experiments and whole-genome resequencing, we identify genetic markers of resistance that vary between the nutritional environments during selection. We do not find consistent evolution of resistance in the presence of virus but rather see substantial variation among replicate populations. Resistance in a low-nutrition environment is negatively correlated with growth rate, consistent with an established trade-off between immunity and development, but this relationship is highly context dependent. Whole-genome resequencing of the host shows that resistance mechanisms are likely to be highly polygenic and although the underlying genetic architecture may differ between high and low-nutrition environments, similar mechanisms are commonly used. As a whole, our results emphasize the importance of the resource environment on influencing the evolution of resistance.
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- Katherine E Roberts
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK.,Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Fan J, Wennmann JT, Wang D, Jehle JA. Novel Diversity and Virulence Patterns Found in New Isolates of Cydia pomonella Granulovirus from China. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e02000-19. [PMID: 31676472 PMCID: PMC6952229 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02000-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) is successfully used worldwide as a biocontrol agent of the codling moth (CM) (Cydia pomonella). The occurrence of CM populations with different modes of resistance against commercial CpGV preparations in Europe, as well as the invasiveness of CM in China, threatening major apple production areas there, requires the development of new control options. Utilizing the naturally occurring genetic diversity of CpGV can improve such control strategies. Here, we report the identification of seven new CpGV isolates that were collected from infected CM larvae in northwest China. Resistance testing using a discriminating CpGV concentration and the determination of the median lethal concentration (LC50) were performed to characterize their levels of virulence against susceptible and resistant CM larvae. The isolates were further screened for the presence of the 2 × 12-bp-repeat insertion in CpGV gene pe38 (open reading frame 24 [ORF24]), which was shown to be the target of type I resistance. It was found that three isolates, CpGV-JQ, -KS1, and -ZY2, could break type I resistance, although delayed mortality was observed in the infection process. All isolates followed the pe38 model of breaking type I resistance, except for CpGV-WW, which harbored the genetic factor but failed to overcome type I resistance. However, CpGV-WW was able to overcome type II and type III resistance. The bioassay results and sequencing data of pe38 support previous findings that pe38 is the major target for type I resistance. The new isolates show some distinct virulence characteristics when infection of different CM strains is considered.IMPORTANCE CpGV is a highly virulent pathogen of the codling moth (CM). It is registered and widely applied as a biocontrol agent in nearly all apple-growing countries worldwide. The emergence of CpGV resistance and the increasing lack of chemical control options require improvements to current control strategies. Natural CpGV isolates, as well as resistance-breaking isolates selected in resistant CM strains, have provided resources for improved resistance-breaking CpGV products. Here, we report novel CpGV isolates collected in China, which have new resistance-breaking capacities and may be an important asset for future application in the biological control of codling moths.
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- Jiangbin Fan
- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn-Institut, Darmstadt, Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn-Institut, Darmstadt, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn-Institut, Darmstadt, Germany
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Fan J, Wennmann JT, Wang D, Jehle JA. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) frequencies and distribution reveal complex genetic composition of seven novel natural isolates of Cydia pomonella granulovirus. Virology 2019; 541:32-40. [PMID: 31826844 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The co-evolution between baculoviruses and their insect hosts results in selection of virus populations. To explore this phenomenon at the molecular level, seven natural isolates of Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) collected from orchards in northwest China were studied using Illumina next generation sequencing (NGS). A total of 540 genome positions with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were detected in comparison with known CpGV isolates. New members of previously defined phylogenetic genome groups A, D and E of CpGV, as well as two novel phylogenetic lines, termed genome group F and G, were identified. Combining SNP frequency distribution with the prevalence of genome group-specific SNPs, revealed that six isolates of CpGV were mixtures of different ratios of at least two genotypes, whereas only one isolate, CpGV-WW, was genetically highly homogeneous. This study significantly extends our current understanding of the genetic diversity of CpGV and opens new lines of application of this virus.
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- Jiangbin Fan
- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Wennmann JT, Eigenbrod M, Marsberg T, Moore SD, Knox CM, Hill MP, Jehle JA. Cryptophlebia peltastica Nucleopolyhedrovirus Is Highly Infectious to Codling Moth Larvae and Cells. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:e00795-19. [PMID: 31227557 PMCID: PMC6696965 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00795-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) is a cornerstone of codling moth (Cydia pomonella) control in integrated and organic pome fruit production, though different types of resistance to CpGV products have been recorded in codling moth field populations in Europe for several years. Recently, a novel baculovirus named Cryptophlebia peltastica nucleopolyhedrovirus (CrpeNPV) was isolated from a laboratory culture of the litchi moth, Cryptophlebia peltastica, in South Africa. Along with CpGV, it is the third known baculovirus that is infectious to codling moth. In the present study, parameters of infectiveness of CrpeNPV, such as the median lethal concentration and median survival time, were determined for codling moth larvae susceptible or resistant to CpGV. In addition, the permissiveness of a codling moth cell line with respect to infection by CrpeNPV budded virus was demonstrated by infection and gene expression studies designed to investigate the complete replication cycle. Investigations of the high degree of virulence of CrpeNPV for codling moth larvae and cells are of high significant scientific and economic value and may offer new strategies for the biological control of susceptible and resistant populations of codling moth.IMPORTANCE The emergence of codling moth populations resistant to commercially applied isolates of CpGV is posing an imminent threat to organic pome fruit production. Very few CpGV isolates are left that are able to overcome the reported types of resistance, emphasizing the demand for new and highly virulent baculoviruses. Here we report the recently discovered CrpeNPV as highly infectious to all types of resistant codling moth populations with a high speed of killing, making it a promising candidate baculovirus in fighting the spread of resistant codling moth populations.
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- Jörg T Wennmann
- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Centre for Biological Control, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Centre for Biological Control, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Citrus Research International (CRI), Walmer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Centre for Biological Control, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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A Combination of Real-Time PCR and High-Resolution Melting Analysis to Detect and Identify CpGV Genotypes Involved in Type I Resistance. Viruses 2019; 11:v11080723. [PMID: 31390849 PMCID: PMC6723291 DOI: 10.3390/v11080723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cydia pomonella granulovirus, in particular CpGV-M isolate, is used as a biological control against the codling moth (CM), Cydia pomonella. As a result of intensive control over the years, codling moth populations have developed resistance against this isolate. This resistance is now called type I resistance. Isolates, among them, CpGV-R5, have been found that are able to overcome type I resistance. Both CpGV-M and CpGV-R5 are used in orchards to control the codling moth. High resolution melting (HRM) has been adapted to differentiate between CpGV-M and CpGV-R5 isolates. Specific PCR primers have been designed for the CpGV p38 gene, encompassing the variable region responsible for the ability to overcome resistance. Because each amplicon has a specific melting point, it is possible to identify the CpGV-M and CpGV-R5 genotypes and to quantify their relative proportion. This method has been validated using mixtures of occlusion bodies of each isolate at various proportions. Then, the HRM has been used to estimate the proportion of each genotype in infected larvae or in occlusion bodies (OBs) extracted from dead larvae. This method allows a rapid detection of genotype replication and enables the assessment of either success or failure of the infection in field conditions.
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Graillot B, Blachere-López C, Besse S, Siegwart M, López-Ferber M. Importance of the Host Phenotype on the Preservation of the Genetic Diversity in Codling Moth Granulovirus. Viruses 2019; 11:v11070621. [PMID: 31284495 PMCID: PMC6669585 DOI: 10.3390/v11070621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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To test the importance of the host genotype in maintaining virus genetic diversity, five experimental populations were constructed by mixing two Cydia pomonella granulovirus isolates, the Mexican isolate CpGV-M and the CpGV-R5, in ratios of 99% M + 1% R, 95% M + 5% R, 90% M + 10% R, 50% M + 50% R, and 10% M + 90% R. CpGV-M and CpGV-R5 differ in their ability to replicate in codling moth larvae carrying the type I resistance. This ability is associated with a genetic marker located in the virus pe38 gene. Six successive cycles of replication were carried out with each virus population on a fully-permissive codling moth colony (CpNPP), as well as on a host colony (RGV) that carries the type I resistance, and thus blocks CpGV-M replication. The infectivity of offspring viruses was tested on both hosts. Replication on the CpNPP leads to virus lineages preserving the pe38 markers characteristic of both isolates, while replication on the RGV colony drastically reduces the frequency of the CpGV-M pe38 marker. Virus progeny obtained after replication on CpNPP show consistently higher pathogenicity than that of progeny viruses obtained by replication on RGV, independently of the host used for testing.
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- Benoit Graillot
- LGEI, Ecole des Mines d'Alès, Institut Mines-Telecom et Université de Montpellier Sud de France, 6 Avenue de Clavières, 30319 Alès, France
- Natural Plant Protection, Arysta LifeScience group, Avenue Léon Blum, 64000 Pau, France
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- LGEI, Ecole des Mines d'Alès, Institut Mines-Telecom et Université de Montpellier Sud de France, 6 Avenue de Clavières, 30319 Alès, France
- INRA, 6, Avenue de Clavières, 30319 Alès, France
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- Natural Plant Protection, Arysta LifeScience group, Avenue Léon Blum, 64000 Pau, France
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- LGEI, Ecole des Mines d'Alès, Institut Mines-Telecom et Université de Montpellier Sud de France, 6 Avenue de Clavières, 30319 Alès, France.
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Alletti GG, Sauer AJ, Weihrauch B, Fritsch E, Undorf-Spahn K, Wennmann JT, Jehle JA. Using Next Generation Sequencing to Identify and Quantify the Genetic Composition of Resistance-Breaking Commercial Isolates of Cydia pomonella Granulovirus. Viruses 2017; 9:E250. [PMID: 28869567 PMCID: PMC5618016 DOI: 10.3390/v9090250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The use of Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) isolates as biological control agents of codling moth (CM) larvae is important in organic and integrated pome fruit production worldwide. The commercially available isolates CpGV-0006, CpGV-R5, and CpGV-V15 have been selected for the control of CpGV resistant CM populations in Europe. In infection experiments, CpGV-0006 and CpGV-R5 were able to break type I resistance and to a lower extent also type III resistance, whereas CpGV-V15 overcame type I and the rarely occurring type II and type III resistance. The genetic background of the three isolates was investigated with next generation sequencing (NGS) tools by comparing their nucleotide compositions to whole genome alignments of five CpGV isolates representing the known genetic diversity of the CpGV genome groups A to E. Based on the distribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Illumina sequencing reads, we found that the two isolates CpGV-0006 and CpGV-R5 have highly similar genome group compositions, consisting of about two thirds of the CpGV genome group E and one third of genome group A. In contrast, CpGV-V15 is composed of equal parts of CpGV genome group B and E. According to the identified genetic composition of these isolates, their efficacy towards different resistance types can be explained and predictions on the success of resistance management strategies in resistant CM populations can be made.
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- Gianpiero Gueli Alletti
- Institute for Biological Control, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institute for Biological Control, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institute for Biological Control, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institute for Biological Control, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institute for Biological Control, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institute for Biological Control, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institute for Biological Control, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Sauer AJ, Schulze-Bopp S, Fritsch E, Undorf-Spahn K, Jehle JA. A Third Type of Resistance to Cydia pomonella Granulovirus in Codling Moths Shows a Mixed Z-Linked and Autosomal Inheritance Pattern. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:e01036-17. [PMID: 28667116 PMCID: PMC5561285 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01036-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Different isolates of Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) are used worldwide to control codling moth larvae (Cydia pomonella) in pome fruit production. Two types of dominantly inherited field resistance of C. pomonella to CpGV have been recently identified: Z-chromosomal type I resistance and autosomal type II resistance. In the present study, a CpGV-resistant C. pomonella field population (termed SA-GO) from northeastern Germany was investigated. SA-GO individuals showed cross-resistance to CpGV isolates of genome group A (CpGV-M) and genome group E (CpGV-S), whereas genome group B (CpGV-E2) was still infective. Crossing experiments between individuals of SA-GO and the susceptible C. pomonella strain CpS indicated the presence of a dominant autosomal inheritance factor. By single-pair inbreeding of SA-GO individuals for two generations, the genetically more homogenous strain CpRGO was generated. Resistance testing of CpRGO neonates with different CpGV isolates revealed that isolate CpGV-E2 and isolates CpGV-I07 and -I12 were resistance breaking. When progeny of hybrid crosses and backcrosses between individuals of resistant strain CpRGO and susceptible strain CpS were infected with CpGV-M and CpGV-S, resistance to CpGV-S appeared to be autosomal and dominant for larval survivorship but recessive when success of pupation of the hybrids was considered. Inheritance of resistance to CpGV-M, however, is proposed to be both autosomal and Z linked, since Z linkage of resistance was needed for pupation. Hence, we propose a further type III resistance to CpGV in C. pomonella, which differs from type I and type II resistance in its mode of inheritance and response to CpGV isolates from different genome groups.IMPORTANCE The baculovirus Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) is registered and applied as a biocontrol agent in nearly all pome fruit-growing countries worldwide to control codling moth caterpillars in an environmentally friendly manner. It is therefore the most widely used commercial baculovirus biocontrol agent. Since 2005, field resistance of codling moth to CpGV products has been observed in more than 40 field plantations in Europe, threatening organic and integrated apple production. Knowledge of the inheritance and mechanism(s) of resistance is indispensable for the understanding of host response to baculovirus infection on the population level and the coevolutionary arms race between virus and host, as well as for the development of appropriate resistance management strategies. Here, we report a codling moth field population with a new type of resistance, which appears to follow a highly complex inheritance in regard to different CpGV isolates.
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- A J Sauer
- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
- Institute for Phytopathology, Agricultural Service Center Palatinate (DLR Rheinpfalz), Neustadt/Wstr., Germany
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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Cory JS. Evolution of host resistance to insect pathogens. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2017; 21:54-59. [PMID: 28822489 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Insect pathogens are widely used as a tool for sustainable pest management. Their complex mode of action was thought to make them immune to the evolution of resistance; however, several examples of field-based resistance to the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis and a granulovirus have been recorded. Here I review the scenarios where resistance has evolved and discuss the likelihood of it occurring in other entomopathogens. I highlight recent research on the factors which might influence the evolution of resistance to insect pathogens, including the role of pathogen diversity, host nutrition and transgenerational effects.
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- Jenny S Cory
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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