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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) plants showing symptoms of chlorosis, mosaic, chlorotic ringspot, and necrosis on younger leaves were found in a small experimental plot in Piracicaba, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Preliminary examinations by transmission electron microscopy of symptomatic leaf tissue revealed flexuous filamentous particles 13-15 nm wide and 700-750 nm long, and cytoplasmatic cylindrical inclusions typical of those found in plant cells infected by members of the Potyvirus genus. Total RNA extracted from symptomatic leaves and subjected to RT-PCR followed by partial nucleotide sequencing confirmed the presence of a potyvirus in the affected plants, which was identified as sunflower chlorotic mottle virus (SuCMoV), a member of the Sunflower chlorotic mottle virus (genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae) species. Mechanical transmission assays with extracts of symptomatic sunflower leaves reproduced the original symptoms in sunflowers, mosaic symptoms in Zinnia elegans, and chlorotic local lesions in Chenopodium amaranticolor and C. quinoa. Sunflower and zinnia plants became infected after aphid transmission experiments with Myzus persicae. RT-PCR tests using specific primers for SuCMoV confirmed the presence of this virus in experimentally infected plants, meeting the criteria of Koch’s postulate. This is the first report of SuCMoV infecting sunflower plants in Brazil.

Tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV) is one of Brazil’s main begomoviruses infecting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Recent studies indicate that soybean (Glycine max) crops harboring the whitefly Bemisia tabaci Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) may have epidemiological significance by acting as an asymptomatic amplifier host for the virus. In this study, we gathered experimental greenhouse and field evidence of the role of soybean in the epidemiology of the disease caused by ToSRV. Tomato and Nicandra physalodes, known as good sources of inoculum of this begomovirus, were used as references. The infection rates of soybean, tomato, and N. physalodes with ToSRV in greenhouse no-choice transmission tests with B. tabaci MEAM1 were 50, 71.4, and 64.2%, respectively. The transmission efficiencies of ToSRV to tomato when B. tabaci MEAM1 acquired the virus in ToSRV-infected soybean, tomato, and N. physalodes were 43, 33, and 20%, respectively. Leaves of ToSRV-infected soybean, tomato, and N. physalodes used as sources of inoculum had similar virus titers. In the host preference assay, viruliferous whiteflies preferred to land on tomato rather than soybean and N. physalodes, whereas aviruliferous whiteflies landed indistinctly on these plants. Under experimental field conditions, the transmission efficiency of ToSRV to tomato was higher when tomato was used as a source of inoculum, followed by N. physalodes and soybean. Considering that soybean is extensively cultivated in several Brazilian states that also grow tomato, it can serve as an efficient asymptomatic source of inoculum and support the recent hypothesis that it can also play, under certain conditions, a relevant role as an amplifier host in the epidemiology of the disease caused by ToSRV.

This work reports the genome sequence, host responses and transmission assays of two isolates of catharanthus mosaic virus (CatMV) from plants of Mandevilla sp. in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The complete genome sequences of CatMV isolates, M1 and M2, comprised 9593 and 9711 nucleotides, respectively. The deduced polyprotein showed 99% (M1) and 84% (M2) identities with the corresponding amino acid sequence of a CatMV from Australia. CatMV-M2 isolate was mechanically transmitted and systemically infected Nicotiana benthamiana and Catharanthus roseus. It also caused local lesions on inoculated leaves of Chenopodium amaranticolor and C. quinoa. This isolate was transmitted by Myzus persicae to plants of Mandevilla sp. CatMV-M1 isolate, however, did not infect any of the above plants when mechanically inoculated, neither was transmitted by M. persicae. Use of virus-free mother plants of Mandevilla sp. for seedling production is recommended for disease management.

Zinnia sp. is a genus belonging to Asteraceae family, originated in Mexico and adapted to a warm-hot climate (Hemmati and Mehrnoosh, 2017). Several types of zinnias with different flower color and forms are cultivated in Brazil (Min et al., 2020 and Souza Jr. et al., 2020). Characteristic symptoms of infection caused by orthotospovirus, including chlorotic spots and concentric rings on the leaves, were observed in two plants of Zinnia sp. of a florist located in the city of Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Orthotospovirus-like particles were observed by transmission electron microscope in leaf extracts from both plants, stained negatively with 1% uranyl acetate. By analyzing ultrathin sections of infected leaf tissues, particles of 80-100 nm in diameter were found in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum and nucleocapsid aggregates in the cytoplasm. Total RNA extracted separately from the leaves of both samples, using the Purelink Viral DNA / RNA kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific), was used to detect the virus by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using the universal primers for orthotospovirus BR60, complementary to the 3' end of the non-translated region of the S RNA (position 1 to 15 nt), and BR65, matching the nucleocapsid gene (N) (position 433 to 453 nt), generating and amplicon of 453 nt (Eiras et al., 2001). Amplicons of the expected size were obtained for the two samples. An amplicon was purified with the Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System kit (Promega) and sequenced in both directions at Macrogen Inc (South Korea). The nucleotide sequence (GenBank MW629018) showed 99.29-99.76% identity with nucleotide sequences of the orthotospovirus groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) isolates (GenBank MH686229 and KY400110). Leaf extracts from symptomatic plants were also analyzed by plate-trapped antigen-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PTA-ELISA), using polyclonal antiserum produced against the GRSV nucleocapsid protein (Esquivel et al., 2019). The absorbance values obtained for the extracts of the two symptomatic plants of Zinnia sp. (1.3 and 1.7) were twice as high as the value obtained for the healthy plant extract (0.5). Leaf extract of symptomatic Zinnia sp. was inoculated mechanically onto leaves of healthy plants of Zinnia sp., Capsicum annuum cv. Dara, Cucumis sativus, Cucurbita pepo cv. Caserta, Chenopodium amaranticolor, Datura stramonium, Nicotiana tabacum cv. Turkish and Solanum lycopersicum cv. Compack. At 5 days post inoculation (dpi), inoculated leaves of D. stramonium reacted with local lesions, and at 9 dpi, newly developed leaves of inoculated S. lycopersicum plants showed necrotic spot and concentric ring symptoms, whereas C. annuum exhibited concentric rings at 10 dpi. Inoculated zinnia plants showed systemic chlorotic spot and concentric ring symptoms at 20 dpi, indistinguishable from those observed under natural infection. The other inoculated plant species were not symptomatic, nor the virus was detected. PTA-ELISA and RT-PCR confirmed infection with GRSV in symptomatic plants. The amplicons generated by RT-PCR of total RNA extracted from an experimentally infected plant of C. annuum and D. stramonium, and two plants of Zinnia sp. were sent for nucleotide sequencing. The obtained nucleotide sequences (MW629019, MW629020, MW629021, MW629022) shares 100% identity with the nucleotide sequence corresponding to the original GRSV isolate (MW629018) identified in Zinnia sp. This is the first report of the natural occurrence of GRSV in Zinnia sp. in Brazil. Studies on incidence and damage are needed to recommend alternatives for management.

Tradescantia spathacea (family Commelinaceae) is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental (Golczyk et al., 2013) and as medicinal plant (Tan et al., 2020). In 2019, 90 of ~180 plants of T. spathacea, grown in two beds of 4 m2 and exhibiting leaf mosaic were found in an experimental area at ESALQ/USP (Piracicaba municipality, Sao Paulo state, Brazil). Potyvirus-like flexuous filamentous particles were observed by transmission electron microscopy in foliar extracts of two symptomatic plants stained with 1% uranyl acetate. Total RNA was extracted using the Purelink viral RNA/DNA kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific) from leaves of two symptomatic plants and separately subjected to a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The potyviruses degenerate pairs of primers CIFor/CIRev (Ha et al. 2008), which amplifies a fragment corresponding to part of the cylindrical inclusion protein gene, and WCIEN/PV1 (Maciel et al. 2011), which amplifies a fragment containing part of the capsid protein gene and the 3' untranslated region, were used. The expected amplicons (~700bp) were obtained from both total RNA extracts. Two amplicons from one sample were purified using the Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System kit (Promega) and directly sequenced in both directions at Macrogen Inc (Seoul, South Korea). The obtained nucleotide sequences (GenBank MW430005 and MW503934) shared 95.32% and 97.79% nucleotide identity, respectively, with the corresponding sequences of the Brazilian isolate of the potyvirus costus stripe mosaic virus (CoSMV, MK286375) (Alexandre et al. 2020). Extract from an infected plant of T. spathacea was mechanically inoculated in 10 healthy plants of T. spathacea and two plants each of the following species: Capsicum annuum, Chenopodium amaranticolor, Commelina benghalensis, Datura stramonium, Gomphrena globosa, Nicandra physaloides, Nicotiana tabacum cvs. Turkish and Samsun, Solanum lycopersicum, T. palida, and T. zebrina. All T. spathacea plants exhibited mosaic and severe leaf malformation. C. benghalensis plants developed mild mosaic, whereas infected T. zebrina plants were asymptomatic. The plants of other species were not infected. RT-PCR with specific CoSMV primers CoSMVHC-F and CoSMVHC-R (Alexandre et al. 2020) confirmed the infection. Nucleotide sequences of amplicons obtained from experimentally inoculated T. spathacea and T. zebrina (MW430007 and MW430008) shared 94.56% and 94.94% identity with the corresponding sequence of a Brazilian CoSMV isolate (MK286375). None of eight virus-free plants of T. spathacea inoculated with CoSMV using Aphis craccivora exhibited symptoms, nor was CoSMV detected by RT-PCR. Lack of CoSMV transmission by A. solanella, Myzus persicae, and Uroleucon sonchi was previously reported (Alexandre et al. 2020). T. spathacea plants are commonly propagated vegetatively, and by seeds. Virus-free seeds, if available, can provide an efficient and easy way to obtain healthy plants. Only three viruses were reported in plants of the genus Tradescantia: Commelina mosaic virus, tradescantia mild mosaic virus, and a not fully characterized potyvirus (Baker and Zettler, 1988; Ciuffo et al., 2006; Kitajima 2020). CoSMV was recently reported infecting Costus spiralis and C. comosus (Alexandre et al. 2020). As far as we know, this is the first report of CoSMV infecting T. spathacea plants.

Centella asiatica is a perennial, herbaceous creeper plant that belongs to the family Apiaceae. It has been known since prehistoric times and has been used for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes (James and Dubery 2009; Gohil et al. 2010), and is easily propagated vegetatively. In 2018, plants of C. asiatica exhibiting foliar symptoms of mosaic and malformation were found in the botanical garden of the Plantarum Institute (Nova Odessa municipality, São Paulo state - 22°46'45.8"S 47°18'47.5"W) and in an experimental area at ESALQ/USP (Piracicaba municipality, São Paulo state - 22°42'26.0"S 47°37'48.6"W). In both locations the plants were grown in beds of approximately 4 m2 and all of them were symptomatic. Initially, leaf extract from symptomatic C. asiatica plants was examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) after being negatively stained with 1% uranyl acetate. Potyvirus-like flexuous filamentous particles were observed in leaf samples from both locations. TEM of thin sections of symptomatic leaf tissues revealed the presence of cylindrical inclusions, characteristic of infection by potyviruses, in the cytoplasm of epidermal, parenchymal, and vascular cells. Total RNA was extracted from symptomatic leaves collected in the Plantarum Institute (3 samples), and at Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (1 sample) using the Purelink viral RNA/DNA kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, USA). Reverse Transcription -Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) was performed using the degenerate primers CIFor (5'-GGIVVIGTIGGIWSIGGIAARTCIAC-3') and CIRev (5'-ACICCRTTYTCDATDATRTTIGTIGC-3'), which amplify a fragment of approximately 700 bp within the the cylindrical inclusion protein gene of potyviruses (Ha et al. 2008). Amplicons of the expected size were obtained for all four samples analysed. One amplicon per location was purified using the Wizard® SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System kit (Promega), and directly sequenced in both directions at Macrogen Inc (Seoul, South Korea). The nucleotide sequences obtained from the symptomatic C. asiatica plants collected in the Plantarum Institute (GenBank Acc. No. MT668627), and at ESALQ/USP (GenBank Acc. No. MT668626) showed 97.1% and 96.2% identity, respectively, with the nucleotide sequence of a Brazilian isolate of bidens mosaic virus (BiMV), family Potyviridae, genus Potyvirus (GenBank Acc. No. KF649336). To confirm the infection of C. asiatica plants with BiMV, the previously extracted RNAs were analyzed by RT-PCR using the specific primers 8331 (5'-CGTGGGGCTATCCTGAATTG-3') and 9046 (5'-CCACATCAGAGAAGTGTGCC-3'), which amplify a fragment of 715 bp corresponding to the BiMV coat protein gene (Suzuki et al. 2009). The expected size amplicons were obtained for all four samples of symptomatic plants of C. asiatica. The nucleotide sequences of two amplicons (GenBank Acc. Nos. MT668628, and MT668629), representing plants from each location, showed 94.6% to 95.6% identities with corresponding nucleotide sequences of the coat protein gene of BiMV from Brazil (GenBank Acc. Nos. KF649336, AY960150, and AY960151). A leaf extract of a symptomatic C. asiatica plant was mechanically inoculated to healthy plants of Apium graveolens, Bidens pilosa, C. asiatica, Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. quinoa, Coriander sativum, Nicotiana benthamiana, N. tabacum and Petroselinum crispum. C. asiatica became systemically infected, reproducing the original symptoms of leaf mosaic and malformation. N. benthamiana was infected and developed severe mosaic symptoms, whereas C. amaranticolor and C. quinoa reacted only with necrotic and chlorotic local lesions, respectively. Other assayed plants were not infected. Potyvirus-like particles were observed by TEM in the infected plants and BiMV infection was confirmed by RT-PCR. Transmission assays of the BiMV isolate by aphids Myzus persicae and Aphys gossypii to healthy C. asiatica plants were also performed. Virus-free aphids of the two species, reared on Capsicum annuum and Gossypium hirsutum respectively, were fasted for 30 min and then placed, separately, on symptomatic leaves of C. asiatica for an acquisition access period (AAP) of 10 min. After that, groups of six insects were transferred, separately, to four healthy C. asiatica plants for an inoculation access period (IAP) of 24 h. After inoculation the insects were killed manually. Approximately 30 days later, one plant inoculated with each species of aphid exhibited symptoms and infection was confirmed by RT-PCR and nucleotide sequencing of the amplicons. BiMV was absent in control, non-inoculated plants in both mechacial and aphid transmission assays. Infection of spontaneously growing C. asiatica plants by potyvirus, determined by TEM, was previously reported in Curitiba and Colombo, state of Paraná, Brazil by Lima Neto and Souza (1981), but the virus was not fully characterized and identified. In addition to BiMV, plants of C. asiatica are also suscptible to infection with cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), as reported by Cardin and Moury (2010) in Madagascar. This is the first identification of BiMV naturally infecting C. asiatica. Additional works on effects of BiMV infection of C. asiatica on commercial production and pharmaceutical properties are required.

Bemisia tabaci is one of the most serious agricultral pests worldwide, causing severe damage mainly by transmitting plant viruses. B. tabaci is currently classified as a cryptic species complex. Within the complex, the invasive Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) species is the prevalent one in Brazil. However, there are also two indigenous species, New World 1 (NW1) and New World 2 (NW2), which have not been completely displaced by the exotic invasive species. The ability of the native species to transmit viruses is still unclear. In this study we have detected and identified begomoviruses present in NW1 and NW2 specimens collected in the field. Moreover, pure colonies of NW2 and MEAM1 were established and used for virus transmission assays. Sequences of begomoviruses detected in native whiteflies from the field suggest the presence of viruses typically associated with weeds. Similar to MEAM1, the NW2 species was able to transmit all the begomovirus, crinivirus and carlavirus isolates assessed and was shown to be a highly effective vector of Bean golden mosaic virus (BGMV) and Euphorbia yellow mosaic virus (EuYMV). Our results indicate that the NW2 indigenous species might play a relevant role in the transmission of economically important viruses like BGMV and in the maintainance of begomoviruses associated with weeds.

Nicotiana glauca exhibiting very mild mottling on the leaves was found in the municipality of Piracicaba, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Transmission electron microscope analysis of symptomatic tissue, biological assay on virus indicator hosts, and near complete genome sequence indicated infection with the tobamovirus Tobacco mild green mosaic virus. To our knowledge this is the first report of the presence of this tobamovirus in Brazil.

In Brazil, passion flower is grown across almost the entire country. The predominant disease of the passion flower cropis passion fruit woodiness, caused by the potyvirus cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV), and transmitted byaphids in a nonpersistent manner. The disease reduces the useful life of the orchard from 36 months to approximately18 months. Up to now, there has not been an efficient method for disease management. The aim of this work was toevaluate the efficiency of systematic roguing of diseased plants through weekly inspections, for disease management inthe field. The latent and incubation periods of CABMV in passion flower vines were determined in order to optimizeroguing efficiency. Passion fruit plants inoculated with CABMV started to act as sources of inoculum from 3 days afterinoculation (DAI), and the symptoms were expressed, on average, at 8 DAI. Five field experiments, conducted in thestates of S~ao Paulo and Bahia, Brazil, demonstrated that systematic roguing of diseased plants was significantly efficientfor managing passion fruit woodiness disease. In order to facilitate identification and subsequent removal of theinfected plants, they need to be grown separately. This cultural practice can be recommended for managing passionfruit woodiness disease, provided it is applied on a regional scale by all passion fruit growers. The development ofsome pilot plantings for the application of roguing in a passion flower-producing region is recommended to validatethe use of this technique for managing passion fruit woodiness disease. Made available in DSpace on 2020-02-12T18:09:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Longlastingsystematicroguing2019.pdf: 557891 bytes, checksum: 92a54d52de1484d1506a3b1545811030 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019

O Tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV) e o Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) estão entre as principais espécies de vírus que afetam a cultura do tomateiro atualmente no Brasil. Ambos possuem o mesmo vetor, a mosca-branca Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (biótipo B), um inseto polífago e amplamente disseminado por todo país. Por este fato, infecções mistas destes vírus em lavouras de tomateiro são frequentes. No entanto, parâmetros epidemiológicos importantes para melhor compreensão das viroses associadas a esses vírus, quando em infecção simples ou mista em tomateiro, permanecem desconhecidos. Neste trabalho foram avaliados a cinética da invasão sistêmica e os períodos de latência e de incubação do ToSRV e do ToCV, em infecções simples e mista, em tomateiros. A cinética da invasão sistêmica foi analisada em tomateiros nos quais a folha inoculada foi destacada em diferentes intervalos de tempo após a inoculação. Os períodos de latência foram avaliados em tomateiros inoculados e que foram posteriormente utilizados como fontes de inóculo para a aquisição do(s) vírus por B. tabaci MEAM1, em ensaios de transmissão realizados em diferentes intervalos de tempo. Os períodos de incubação foram avaliados através da observação diária dos sintomas após a inoculação dos vírus nos tomateiros. O ToSRV e o ToCV iniciaram o movimento sistêmico em apenas um dia após a inoculação em tomateiro. Os períodos de latência do ToSRV, em infeções simples e mista, foram em média, 7 e 6 dias, respectivamente. Para o ToCV, os períodos médios de latência foram 13 dias em infecção simples e 11 dias em infecção mista. Os períodos de incubação do ToSRV, em infecções simples e mista, ocorreram, em média, 11 dias após os períodos de latência. O período de incubação do ToSRV foi influenciado pela idade da planta no momento da inoculação e também pela co-infecção com o ToCV. Os períodos de incubação do ToCV, em infecções simples e mista, ocorreram, em média, 17 e 20 dias após os períodos de latência, respectivamente. O início dos sintomas do ToCV não foi afetado pela idade da planta no momento da inoculação e nem pela co-infecção com o ToSRV. Estes resultados indicam que após a infecção o tomateiro rapidamente se torna uma fonte de inóculo do(s) vírus e passa a contribuir para a disseminação de ambos no campo. A defasagem de tempo entre os períodos de latência e de incubação do ToSRV e do ToCV nos tomateiros infectados revela que as plantas possibilitam a aquisição e subsequente transmissão dos vírus de um hospedeiro doente para um hospedeiro sadio antes de qualquer manifestação dos sintomas, fato que deve ser levado em consideração para o manejo destas fitoviroses no campo. Tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV) and Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) are among the main species of virus affecting tomato crops currently in Brazil. Both are transmitted by the same vector, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (biotype B), a polyphagous insect widely disseminated throughout the country. Because of this fact, mixed infections of these viruses in tomato crops are frequent. However, important epidemiological parameters to better understand the diseases associated with these viruses, when in single or mixed infection in tomato, remain unknown. This study evaluated the kinetics of systemic invasion and latent and incubation periods of ToSRV and ToCV in single and mixed infections in tomato. The kinetics of systemic invasion was analyzed in tomato plants in which the inoculated leaf was detached at different time intervals after inoculation. The latent periods were evaluated in inoculated tomato plants which were later used as inoculum sources for the acquisition of ToSRV and/or ToCV by B. tabaci MEAM1, in transmission assays performed at different time intervals. Incubation periods were evaluated by daily observation of symptoms after inoculation of tomato plants. ToSRV and ToCV started the systemic movement just one day after inoculation in tomato plants. Average latent periods of ToSRV, in single and mixed infections, were 7 and 6 days, respectively. For ToCV, the average latent periods were 13 days in single infection and 11 days in mixed infection. ToSRV incubation periods, in single and mixed infections, occurred on average 11 days after the respective latent periods. The incubation period of ToSRV was influenced by the age of the plant at the time of inoculation and by the co-infection with ToCV. ToCV incubation periods, in single and mixed infections, occurred on average 17 and 20 days after the latent periods, respectively. The beginning of ToCV symptoms was not affected by the age of the plant at the time of inoculation or by co-infection with ToSRV. These results indicate that after infection, tomato plants rapidly become source of inoculum of the viruses and contribute to the dissemination of both in tomato crops. The mismatch between the latent and incubation periods of ToSRV and ToCV in infected tomato plants reveals that plants enable the acquisition and subsequent transmission of both viruses from a diseased to a healthy plant, prior to any manifestation of symptoms. Such knowlegment should be taken into consideration for the management of these viruses in tomato crops.

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