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New Insights into Hop Latent Viroid Detection, Infectivity, Host Range, and Transmission.
Atallah, Osama O; Yassin, Sherin M; Verchot, Jeanmarie.
Afiliação
  • Atallah OO; Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • Yassin SM; Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • Verchot J; Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Viruses ; 16(1)2023 12 23.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38257731
ABSTRACT
Hop latent viroid (HLVd), a subviral pathogen from the family Pospiviroidae, is a major threat to the global cannabis industry and is the causative agent for "dudding disease". Infected plants can often be asymptomatic for a period of growth and then develop symptoms such as malformed and yellowing leaves, as well as stunted growth. During flowering, HLVd-infected plants show reduced levels of valuable metabolites. This study was undertaken to expand our basic knowledge of HLVd infectivity, transmission, and host range. HLVd-specific primers were used for RT-PCR detection in plant samples and were able to detect HLVd in as little as 5 picograms of total RNA. A survey of hemp samples obtained from a diseased production system proved sole infection of HLVd (72%) with no coexistence of hop stunt viroid. HLVd was infectious through successive passage assays using a crude sap or total RNA extract derived from infected hemp. HLVd was also highly transmissible through hemp seeds at rates of 58 to 80%. Host range assays revealed new hosts for HLVd tomato, cucumber, chrysanthemum, Nicotiana benthamiana, and Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-0). Sequence analysis of 77 isolates revealed only 3 parsimony-informative sites, while 10 sites were detected among all HLVd isolates available in the GenBank. The phylogenetic relationship among HLVd isolates allowed for inferring two major clades based on the genetic distance. Our findings facilitate further studies on host-viroid interaction and viroid management.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Viroides / Cannabis / Arabidopsis / Humulus Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Viruses Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Viroides / Cannabis / Arabidopsis / Humulus Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Viruses Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos