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Swisher KD, Munyaneza JE, Velásquez-Valle R, Mena-Covarrubias J. Detection of Pathogens Associated with Psyllids and Leafhoppers in Capsicum annuum L. in the Mexican States of Durango, Zacatecas, and Michoacán. Plant Dis 2018; 102:146-153. [PMID: 30673459 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-17-0758-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In fall 2014, 5 to 75% percent of chili and bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in commercial fields located in the Mexican states of Durango, Zacatecas, and Michoacán had symptoms of deformed, small, mosaic, curled, and chlorotic leaves; shortened internodes; plant dwarfing; or phyllody and rosetting leaf tips. At the same time, leafhoppers and psyllids were observed in the fields, and more than 50 beet leafhoppers (Circulifer tenellus) and nearly 300 potato psyllids (Bactericera cockerelli) were collected from the pepper plants and adjacent weeds. Based on the insect pressure and observed symptoms, nearly 400 pepper samples were collected across this region of Mexico and tested for the presence of leafhopper- and psyllid-associated pathogens. In all, 76% of the pepper samples were found to be infected with 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', beet leafhopper-transmitted virescence agent (BLTVA) phytoplasma, a strain of a curtovirus, or a combination of any two or three of these pathogens. Additionally, 77% of the collected leafhoppers and 40% of the psyllids were infected with one or more of these pathogens, in addition to Spiroplasma citri. Specifically, the leafhoppers were infected with BLTVA phytoplasma, S. citri, or a strain of curtovirus. Of particular interest, potato psyllids were not only infected with 'Ca. L. solanacearum' but also with phytoplasmas that belong to the groups 16SrVI subgroup A and 16SrI subgroup A. The presence of mixed infections in pepper plants and the insect vectors highlights the need for growers to effectively control both leafhoppers and potato psyllids from solanaceous crops in this region of Mexico in order to prevent the spread of these bacterial and viral pathogens.
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- K D Swisher
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Prosser, WA 99350
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- USDA-ARS, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Wapato, WA 98951
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- Campo Experimental Zacatecas, INIFAP, Calera de V.R., Zacatecas, C.P. 98500, Mexico
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- Campo Experimental Zacatecas, INIFAP, Calera de V.R., Zacatecas, C.P. 98500, Mexico
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Garczynski SF, Martin JA, Griset M, Willett LS, Cooper WR, Swisher KD, Unruh TR. CRISPR/Cas9 Editing of the Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) CpomOR1 Gene Affects Egg Production and Viability. J Econ Entomol 2017; 110:1847-1855. [PMID: 28854653 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is a major pest of pome fruit worldwide. Incorporation of semiochemicals, including the main sex pheromone (codlemone), into codling moth IPM programs has drastically reduced the amount of chemical insecticides needed to control this orchard pest. Odorant receptors located in sensory neuron membranes in the antennae are key sensors in the detection of semiochemicals and trigger downstream signaling events leading to a behavioral response. CpomOR1 is an odorant receptor belonging to the pheromone receptor subfamily in codling moth, and is a prime candidate for being a codlemone receptor based on its high expression levels in male antennae. In this study, the CpomOR1 gene was targeted using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to knockdown functional OR1 protein production to determine physiological function(s). By injecting early stage eggs, mutations were successfully introduced, including both deletions and insertions. When attempting to create stable populations of codling moth through mating of males with females containing mutations of the CpomOR1 gene, it was found that fecundity and fertility were affected, with edited females producing nonviable eggs. The role of CpomOR1 in fecundity and fertility in codling moth is unknown and will be the focus of future studies.
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- USDA-ARS, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Wapato, WA 98951
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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- USDA-ARS, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Wapato, WA 98951
- Department of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- USDA-ARS, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Wapato, WA 98951
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- USDA-ARS, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Wapato, WA 98951
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- USDA-ARS, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Wapato, WA 98951
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- USDA-ARS, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit, Wapato, WA 98951
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Horton DR, Cooper WR, Munyaneza JE, Swisher KD, Echegaray ER, Murphy AF, Rondon SI, Wohleb CH, Waters TD, Jensen AS. A New Problem and Old Questions: Potato Psyllid in the Pacific Northwest. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/ae/tmv047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Torres GL, Cooper WR, Horton DR, Swisher KD, Garczynski SF, Munyaneza JE, Barcenas NM. Horizontal Transmission of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" by Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) on Convolvulus and Ipomoea (Solanales: Convolvulaceae). PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142734. [PMID: 26555359 PMCID: PMC4640670 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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"Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" (Proteobacteria) is an important pathogen of solanaceous crops (Solanales: Solanaceae) in North America and New Zealand, and is the putative causal agent of zebra chip disease of potato. This phloem-limited pathogen is transmitted to potato and other solanaceous plants by the potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae). While some plants in the Convolvulaceae (Solanales) are also known hosts for B. cockerelli, previous efforts to detect Liberibacter in Convolvulaceae have been unsuccessful. Moreover, studies to determine whether Liberibacter can be acquired from these plants by B. cockerelli are lacking. The goal of this study was to determine whether horizontal transmission of Liberibacter occurs among potato psyllids on two species of Convolvulaceae, sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), which grows abundantly in potato growing regions of the United States. Results indicated that uninfected psyllids acquired Liberibacter from both I. batatas and C. arvensis if infected psyllids were present on plants concurrently with the uninfected psyllids. Uninfected psyllids did not acquire Liberibacter from plants if the infected psyllids were removed from the plants before the uninfected psyllids were allowed access. In contrast with previous reports, PCR did detect the presence of Liberibacter DNA in some plants. However, visible amplicons were faint and did not correspond with acquisition of the pathogen by uninfected psyllids. None of the plants exhibited disease symptoms. Results indicate that horizontal transmission of Liberibacter among potato psyllids can occur on Convolvulaceae, and that the association between Liberibacter and Convolvulaceae merits additional attention.
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- Glenda L. Torres
- Heritage University, Department of Natural Sciences, Toppenish, WA, 98948, United States of America
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- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA, 98951, United States of America
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- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA, 98951, United States of America
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- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA, 98951, United States of America
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- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA, 98951, United States of America
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- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA, 98951, United States of America
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- Heritage University, Department of Natural Sciences, Toppenish, WA, 98948, United States of America
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Mustafa T, Horton DR, Cooper WR, Swisher KD, Zack RS, Pappu HR, Munyaneza JE. Use of Electrical Penetration Graph Technology to Examine Transmission of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' to Potato by Three Haplotypes of Potato Psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli; Hemiptera: Triozidae). PLoS One 2015; 10:e0138946. [PMID: 26407093 PMCID: PMC4583427 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), is a vector of the phloem-limited bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso), the putative causal agent of zebra chip disease of potato. Little is known about how potato psyllid transmits Lso to potato. We used electrical penetration graph (EPG) technology to compare stylet probing behaviors and efficiency of Lso transmission of three haplotypes of potato psyllid (Central, Western, Northwestern). All haplotypes exhibited the full suite of stylet behaviors identified in previous studies with this psyllid, including intercellular penetration and secretion of the stylet pathway, xylem ingestion, and phloem activities, the latter comprising salivation and ingestion. The three haplotypes exhibited similar frequency and duration of probing behaviors, with the exception of salivation into phloem, which was of higher duration by psyllids of the Western haplotype. We manipulated how long psyllids were allowed access to potato (“inoculation access period”, or IAP) to examine the relationship between phloem activities and Lso transmission. Between 25 and 30% of psyllids reached and salivated into phloem at an IAP of 1 hr, increasing to almost 80% of psyllids as IAP was increased to 24 h. Probability of Lso-transmission was lower across all IAP levels than probability of phloem salivation, indicating that a percentage of infected psyllids which salivated into the phloem failed to transmit Lso. Logistic regression showed that probability of transmission increased as a function of time spent salivating into the phloem; transmission occurred as quickly as 5 min following onset of salivation. A small percentage of infected psyllids showed extremely long salivation events but nonetheless failed to transmit Lso, for unknown reasons. Information from these studies increases our understanding of Lso transmission by potato psyllid, and demonstrates the value of EPG technology in exploring questions of vector efficiency.
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- Tariq Mustafa
- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Plant pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
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Mustafa T, Horton DR, Swisher KD, Zack RS, Munyaneza JE. Effects of Host Plant on Development and Body Size of Three Haplotypes of Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae). Environ Entomol 2015; 44:593-600. [PMID: 26313965 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvv018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), is an economic pest of solanaceous crops in North and Central America, and in New Zealand. Four genetic haplotypes of the psyllid have been identified in North America. Three of these haplotypes (Central, Western, and Northwestern) are common on potato crops within the major potato-growing regions of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Within this growing region, a weedy perennial nightshade, Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade), has been identified to be an important overwintering host and spring or summer source of psyllids colonizing potato fields. It is unclear whether bittersweet nightshade is a highly suitable host plant for all three haplotypes known to occur in the Pacific Northwest. The objective of the present study was to examine developmental traits and adult body size of all three haplotypes of psyllids reared on potato and bittersweet nightshade. Averaged over haplotype, development times were longer for psyllids reared on nightshade than potato. Duration of the preoviposition period, egg incubation requirements, nymphal development time, and total developmental time averaged 7.4, 5.9, 23.5, and 29.5 d on nightshade and 4.9, 5.5, 22.3, and 27.9 d on potato, respectively. The largest host effects were found for the Central haplotype, which exhibited a substantially extended (by over 5 d) preoviposition period on nightshade compared with potato. Averaged over host plant, nymphal and total development times of the Northwestern haplotype were longer (25.5 and 31.1 d, respectively) than those of the Western and Central haplotypes. The Northwestern haplotype was largest in overall body size, while the Central haplotype had the smallest overall body size, irrespective of host plant. Both sexes exhibited this trend.
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- T Mustafa
- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951. Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951
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- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951.
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Mustafa T, Horton DR, Cooper WR, Swisher KD, Zack RS, Munyaneza JE. Interhaplotype Fertility and Effects of Host Plant on Reproductive Traits of Three Haplotypes of Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae). Environ Entomol 2015; 44:300-308. [PMID: 26313183 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvu029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), is a serious pest of solanaceous crops in North and Central America and New Zealand. This insect vectors the bacterium that causes zebra chip disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Four distinct genetic populations, or haplotypes, of B. cockerelli have been identified. Three of the haplotypes may co-occur in potato fields in the Pacific Northwest of United States. Solanaceous weeds, including the perennial Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade), may provide refuge for psyllid populations which then migrate to potato crops. This study tested whether fecundity, fertility (% egg hatch), and adult longevity of potato psyllid were affected by host plant (S. dulcamara or potato) and whether these reproductive traits were similar among the three haplotypes that are most common in the Pacfic Northwest: Northwestern, Central, and Western. We hypothesized that the locally resident haplotype (Northwestern), which is known to overwinter extensively on S. dulcamara, would show relatively higher fitness on nightshade than the other two haplotypes. Fecundity differed significantly among haplotypes, with an average lifetime fecundity of 1050, 877, and 629 eggs for Northwestern, Western, and Central females, respectively. Egg hatch was significantly reduced in psyllids reared on bittersweet nightshade (61.9%) versus potato (81.3%). Adult psyllids lived longer on nightshade than on potato, averaging 113.9 and 108.4 d on nightshade and 79.0 and 85.5 d on potato for males and females, respectively. However, the longer life span of psyllids on nightshade than potato failed to lead to higher fecundity, because females on nightshade often ended egglaying well before death, unlike those on potato. There was no evidence for any of the fitness traits to suggest that the locally resident haplotype (Northwestern) performed relatively better on nightshade than the other two haplotypes. Lastly, we examined whether mating between psyllids of different haplotypes affected sperm transfer and egg hatch rates. Females of the Northwestern haplotype failed to produce viable eggs when mated by males of either the Western or Central haplotypes.
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- T Mustafa
- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951. Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951
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- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA 98951. Corresponding author,
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Tahzima R, Maes M, Achbani EH, Swisher KD, Munyaneza JE, De Jonghe K. First Report of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' on Carrot in Africa. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1426. [PMID: 30704004 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-14-0509-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In March of 2014, carrot plants (Daucus carota L. var. Mascot) exhibiting symptoms of yellowing, purpling, and curling of leaves, proliferation of shoots, formation of hairy secondary roots, general stunting, and plant decline were observed in commercial fields in the Gharb region of Morocco. The symptoms resembled those caused by phytoplasmas, Spiroplasma citri, or 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' infection (1,2,3). About 30% of the plants in each field were symptomatic and plants were infested with unidentified psyllid nymphs; some psyllids are known vectors of 'Ca. L. solanacearum.' A total of 10 symptomatic and 2 asymptomatic plants were collected from three fields. Total DNA was extracted from petiole and root tissues of each of the carrots, using the CTAB buffer extraction method (3). The DNA samples were tested for phytoplasmas and spiroplasmas by PCR (3) but neither pathogen was detected in the samples. The DNA extracts were tested for 'Ca. L. solanacearum' by PCR using specific primer pairs OA2/OI2c, Lso adkF/R, and CL514F/R, to amplify a partial fragment of the 16S rDNA, the adenylate kinase gene, and rpIJ/rpIL50S rDNA ribosomal protein genes, respectively (1,2,5). DNA samples from all 10 symptomatic carrots yielded specific bands; 1,168 bp for the 16S rDNA fragment, 770 bp for the adk fragment, and 669 bp for rpIJ/rpIL, indicating the presence of 'Ca. L. solanacearum.' No 'Ca. L. solanacearum' was detected in asymptomatic plants. DNA amplicons of three plant samples (one plant/field) for each primer pair were directly sequenced (Macrogen Inc., Amsterdam). Sequencing results identified two distinct products for the OA2/OI2c primer pair (GenBank Accession Nos. KJ740159 and KJ740160), and BLAST analysis of the 16S rDNA amplicons showed 99 and 100% identity to 'Ca. L. solanacearum' (KF737346 and HQ454302, respectively). Two different sequences of the adk amplicon were obtained (KJ740162 and KJ740163), both of which were 98% identical to 'Ca. L. solanacearum' (CP002371). Sequencing results also identified two distinct products for the CL514F/R primer pair (KJ754506 and KJ754507), and BLAST analysis of the 50S rDNA ribosomal protein showed 99 and 100% identity to 'Ca. L. solanacearum' (KF357912 and HQ454321, respectively). The differences in our 16S and 50S rDNA sequences identified the presence of both 'Ca. L. solanacearum' haplotypes D and E (4). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the occurrence of 'Ca. L. solanacearum' in Morocco and Africa, suggesting a wider distribution of the bacterium in carrot crops in the Mediterranean region, including North Africa. 'Ca. L. solanacearum' has caused economic damages to carrot and celery crops in the Canary Islands and mainland Spain, France, Sweden, Norway, and Finland (3). This bacterium has also caused millions of dollars in losses to potato and several other solanaceous crops in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and New Zealand (1,2,5). Given the economic impact of 'Ca. L. solanacearum' on numerous important crops worldwide, it is imperative that preventive measures be taken to limit its spread. References: (1) L. W. Liefting et al. Plant Dis. 93:208, 2009. (2) J. E. Munyaneza et al. Plant Dis. 93:552, 2009. (3) J. E. Munyaneza et al. J. Plant Pathol. 93:697, 2011. (4) W. R. Nelson et al. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 135:633, 2013. (5) A. Ravindran et al. Plant Dis. 95:1542, 2011.
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- R Tahzima
- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Plant Sciences Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Plant Sciences Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Laboratory of Phytobacteriology, Route Hajj Kaddour, Meknès, Morocco
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, 5230 Konnowac Pass Road, Wapato, WA 98951
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, 5230 Konnowac Pass Road, Wapato, WA 98951
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- ILVO, Plant Sciences Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Sengoda VG, Cooper WR, Swisher KD, Henne DC, Munyaneza JE. Latent period and transmission of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" by the potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae). PLoS One 2014; 9:e93475. [PMID: 24682175 PMCID: PMC3969317 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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"Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" (Lso) is an economically important pathogen of solanaceous crops and the putative causal agent of zebra chip disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). This pathogen is transmitted to solanaceous species by the potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc), but many aspects of the acquisition and transmission processes have yet to be elucidated. The present study was conducted to assess the interacting effects of acquisition access period, incubation period, and host plant on Lso titer in psyllids, the movement of Lso from the alimentary canal to the salivary glands of the insect, and the ability of psyllids to transmit Lso to non-infected host plants. Following initial pathogen acquisition, the probability of Lso presence in the alimentary canal remained constant from 0 to 3 weeks, but the probability of Lso being present in the salivary glands increased with increasing incubation period. Lso copy numbers in psyllids peaked two weeks after the initial pathogen acquisition and psyllids were capable of transmitting Lso to non-infected host plants only after a two-week incubation period. Psyllid infectivity was associated with colonization of insect salivary glands by Lso and with Lso copy numbers >10,000 per psyllid. Results of our study indicate that Lso requires a two-week latent period in potato psyllids and suggest that acquisition and transmission of Lso by psyllids follows a pattern consistent with a propagative, circulative, and persistent mode of transmission.
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- Venkatesan G. Sengoda
- Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Entomology, Subtropical Pest Management Laboratory, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Weslaco, Texas, United States of America
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- Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
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- Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Subtropical Pest Management Laboratory, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Weslaco, Texas, United States of America
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- Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Wapato, Washington, United States of America
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Swisher KD, Henne DC, Crosslin JM. Identification of a fourth haplotype of Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in the United States. J Insect Sci 2014; 14:161. [PMID: 25368079 PMCID: PMC5443600 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieu023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), is a pest of potato and other solanaceous crops in North and Central America and New Zealand. Previous genotyping studies have demonstrated the presence of three different haplotypes of B. cockerelli in the United States corresponding to three geographical regions: Central, Western, and Northwestern. These studies utilized psyllids collected in the western and central United States between 1998 and 2011. In an effort to further genotype potato psyllids collected in the 2012 growing season, a fourth B. cockerelli haplotype was discovered corresponding to the Southwestern United States geographical region. High-resolution melting analyses identified this new haplotype using an amplicon generated from a portion of the B. cockerelli mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. Sequencing of this gene, as well as use of a restriction enzyme assay, confirmed the identification of the novel B. cockerelli haplotype in the United States.
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- Kylie D Swisher
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, WA, 99350
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Subtropical Pest Management Laboratory, Weslaco, TX, 78596
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, WA, 99350
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Swisher KD, Munyaneza JE, Crosslin JM. Temporal and spatial analysis of potato psyllid haplotypes in the United States. Environ Entomol 2013; 42:381-393. [PMID: 23575030 DOI: 10.1603/en12261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), is an economically important pest of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crops across the western and central United States, as it is known to cause psyllid yellows disease and to transmit the bacterium that causes zebra chip disease. Recent genotyping of B. cockerelli collected during the 2011 potato growing season identified three psyllid haplotypes within the western and central United States according to their geographical regions: northwestern, western, and central. To understand potato psyllid population dynamics before the year 2011, high resolution melting analysis of the B. cockerelli mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I-like gene was used to identify the haplotypes of over 450 archived psyllids collected in the western and central United States between the years 1998 and 2010. Results show that the northwestern haplotype was present in Washington State as early as 1998 and has persisted in this region since that time. Likewise, psyllids of the western haplotype have also been present in Washington and Oregon before 2011.
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- Kylie D Swisher
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service 24106 North Bunn Rd., Prosser, WA 99350, USA
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mRNA transcripts with premature termination codons are targeted for deadenylation independent decapping and 5′ to 3′ decay in a quality control pathway termed nonsense-mediated decay (NMD). Critical factors in NMD include Upf1, Upf2, and Upf3, as well as the decapping enzyme, Dcp2/Dcp1. Loss of Upf2 or Upf3 leads to the accumulation of not only Upf1 and Dcp2 in P-bodies, but also of the decapping-activators Pat1, Dhh1, and Lsm1. An interaction between Upf1 and Dcp2 has been identified, which might recruit Dcp2 to the NMD decapping complex. To determine the nature and significance of the Dcp2-Upf1 interaction, we utilized the yeast two-hybrid assay to assess Upf1 interactions with various mRNA decapping factors. We find that although Dcp2 can interact with Upf1, this interaction is indirect and is largely dependent on the Edc3 protein, which interacts with the N-terminal domain of Upf1 at an overlapping, but not identical, site as Upf2. We also found that Pat1 has an independent two-hybrid interaction with the N-terminus of Upf1. Assessment of both reporter and endogenous NMD transcripts suggest that the decapping stimulators, including Edc3 and Pat1, as well as Edc1 and Edc2, are not essential for NMD under normal conditions. This work defines a larger decapping complex involved in NMD, but indicates that components of that complex are not required for general NMD and might either regulate a subset of NMD transcripts or be essential for proper NMD under different environmental conditions.
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- Kylie D. Swisher
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Swisher KD, Parker R. Localization to, and effects of Pbp1, Pbp4, Lsm12, Dhh1, and Pab1 on stress granules in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10006. [PMID: 20368989 PMCID: PMC2848848 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The regulation of translation and mRNA degradation in eukaryotic cells involves the formation of cytoplasmic mRNP granules referred to as P-bodies and stress granules. The yeast Pbp1 protein and its mammalian ortholog, Ataxin-2, localize to stress granules and promote their formation. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pbp1 also interacts with the Pab1, Lsm12, Pbp4, and Dhh1 proteins. In this work, we determined whether these Pbp1 interacting proteins also accumulated in stress granules and/or could affect their formation. These experiments revealed the following observations. First, the Lsm12, Pbp4, and Dhh1 proteins all accumulate in stress granules, whereas only the Dhh1 protein is a constitutive P-body component. Second, deletion or over-expression of the Pbp4 and Lsm12 proteins did not dramatically affect the formation of stress granules or P-bodies. In contrast, Pbp1 and Dhh1 over-expression inhibits cell growth, and for Dhh1, leads to the accumulation of stress granules. Finally, a strain lacking the Pab1 protein was reduced at forming stress granules, although they could still be detected. This indicates that Pab1 affects, but is not absolutely required for, stress granule formation. These observations offer new insight into the function of stress granule components with roles in stress granule assembly and mRNP regulation.
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- Kylie D. Swisher
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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