Limited Genetic Variability Among American Isolates of Grapevine virus E from Vitis spp

Autor: Jeremy R. Thompson, Adib Rowhani, Fevziye Celebi-Toprak, M. Al Rwahnih, Marc Fuchs, J. Vargas-Asencio, Keith L. Perry
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Plant Disease. 100:159-163
ISSN: 1943-7692
0191-2917
DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-15-0556-re
Popis: A survey for the presence of Grapevine virus E (GVE, genus Vitivirus, family Betaflexiviridae) in vineyards in New York and California was conducted using macroarray hybridization or reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays. In New York, GVE was detected in 10 of 46 vines of Vitis labrusca, one V. riparia, and one Vitis hybrid. All GVE-infected New York vines were coinfected with Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-3. In California, GVE was detected in 8 of 417 vines of V. vinifera. All GVE-infected California vines were also coinfected by one of the leafroll-associated viruses and other vitiviruses. In order to assess the genetic diversity among GVE isolates, a viral cDNA was amplified by RT-PCR, and a 675-nucleotide region that included the 3' terminus of the coat protein gene, a short intergenic region, and the 5' terminus of the putative nucleic acid binding protein gene was sequenced. All 20 GVE isolates sequenced in this study were very closely related, with >98% nucleotide identity to the SA94 isolate from South Africa. These findings confirm the presence of GVE in major grape-growing regions of the United States and indicate a very low level of genetic diversity. © 2016 The American Phytopathological Society.
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