1
|
Druciarek T, Sierra-Mejia A, Zagrodzki SK, Singh S, Ho T, Lewandowski M, Tzanetakis IE. Phyllocoptes parviflori is a distinct species and a vector of the pervasive blackberry leaf mottle associated virus. Infect Genet Evol 2024; 117:105538. [PMID: 38072369 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
Abstract
Several viruses are transmitted by eriophyid mites (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) including blackberry leaf mottle-associated emaravirus (BLMaV) (Emaravirus rubi). BLMaV is transmitted by an unidentified eriophyid species and is involved in blackberry yellow vein, a devastating disease in the southeastern United States. In this study, we assessed the eriophyid mite Phylocoptes parviflori as a vector of BLMaV and clarified its taxonomic status as it was previously synonymized with Phyllocoptes gracilis. P. parviflori can efficiently transmit BLMaV. The virus was found to cause yellow vein disease symptoms on 'Ouachita' blackberry marking a paradigm shift as disease symptoms have always been associated with multiple virus infections. Therefore, we propose renaming the virus to blackberry leaf mottle virus. The occurrence of P. parviflori on wild and cultivated blackberries, as well as its ability to colonize other Rubus species, enhances its importance as a major contributor to the spread of yellow vein disease.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tobiasz Druciarek
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Andrea Sierra-Mejia
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
| | - Stanislaw K Zagrodzki
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Shivani Singh
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
| | - Thien Ho
- Driscoll's Inc., Watsonville, CA 95076, USA
| | - Mariusz Lewandowski
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
| | - Ioannis E Tzanetakis
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
| |
Collapse
|