Resposta de tangerinas e híbridos ao virus da leprose dos citros.

A leprose dos citros é uma das mais importantes viroses da citricultura brasileira. A doença, causada pelo Citrus leprosis virus C (CiLV-C) transmitido por Brevipalpus phoenicis, caracteriza-se pela indução de lesões locais no hospedeiro vegetal. Por ser uma virose não sistêmica, ao contrário da maioria das que ocorrem em plantas, o conhecimento dos mecanismos envolvidos nas interações vírus x planta x vetor se tornam ainda mais importantes, principalmente em relação ao manejo da doença no campo.A leprose tem a sua maior importância econômica no Brasil, embora relatos de sua ocorrência em países das Américas vêm aumentando significativamente nos últimos anos (Bastianel et al., 2010). Por ser um sério problema fitossanitário em pomares de laranjas doces, graças ao plantio em grande escala de variedades altamente suscetíveis, poucos estudos sobre a importância da leprose em outros grupos de citros, como as tangerinas e tangores têm sido relatados. Neste trabalho, estudos foram conduzidos com o objetivo de se ampliar o conhecimento da resposta da doença em variedades de tangerinas e híbridos de importância econômica.pdf 145

Reação De Híbridos De Citros à Inoculação Com Alternaria Alternate

Alternaria brown spot (ABS), caused by Alternaria alternata, which produces a host-specific toxin (HST), is a very important disease in mandarin orchards worldwide. This disease affects mandarin, their hybrids and grapefruits. The main varieties cultivated in Brazil, Ponkan mandarin and Murcott tangor, are highly susceptible to the fungus, which is also an alternative saprophyte that reproduces in the orchards and has its spores easily spread by the wind. For this study, citrus hybrids obtained from directed crossing were selected for their agronomic traits, which make them potential new varieties of sweet orange and mandarins both for industrial citriculture and for fresh fruit market. These hybrids were evaluated for their response to ABS by means of A. alternata inoculation in vitro and in vivo, an indispensible step for the release of new varieties. More than 30 genotypes that were resistant or had few symptoms of the disease were selected. Selection of varieties resistant to the disease is of great economic importance, since it reduces the production costs, rather increased due to chemical control, and also contributes to the inoculum decrease in the field. © 2016, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). All rights reserved.42431332

Detection of coffee ringspot virus (CoRSV) in the mite vector by RT-qPCR.

The mite Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes, 1939) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is responsible for the transmission of coffee ringspot. There is a great interest in the study of Brevipalpus transmitted viruses (BrTVs), and the interaction between them, their vectors and hosts. Electron microscopy analyses suggest that CoRSV replicates in the mite tissue, what would characterize a persistent propagative virus-vector relationship. This study aimed to establish a transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) method to evaluate and compare the replication capacity of the virus in the vector. Total RNA was extracted from a sample of 100 mites reared in symptomatic plants for CoRSV using two different methods: CTAB and Nucleo Spin RNA XS Kit (Macherey-Nagel) and quantified in a NanoDrop 8000 (Thermo Scientific).Abstract 10

Citrus bright spot virus: a new dichorhavirus, transmitted by Brevipalpus azores, Causing Citrus Leprosis Disease in Brazil.

Citrus leprosis (CL) is the main viral disease affecting the Brazilian citriculture. Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) trees affected by CL were identified in small orchards in Southern Brazil. Rod-like particles of 40 × 100 nm and electron lucent viroplasm were observed in the nucleus of infected cells in symptomatic tissues. RNA extracts from three plants, which proved negative by RT-PCR for known CL-causing viruses, were analyzed by high throughput sequencing and Sanger sequencing after RT-PCR. The genomes of bi-segmented ss(?)RNA viruses, with ORFs in a typical organization of members of the genus Dichorhavirus, were recovered. These genomes shared 98?99% nt sequence identity among them but <73% with those of known dichorhavirids, a value below the threshold for new species demarcation within that genus. Phylogenetically, the three haplotypes of the new virus called citrus bright spot virus (CiBSV) are clustered with citrus leprosis virus N, which is a dichorhavirus transmitted by Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto. In CiBSV-infected citrus plants, B. papayensis and B. azores were found, but the virus could only be transmitted to Arabidopsis plants by B. azores. The study provides the first evidence of the role of B. azores as a viral vector and supports the assignment of CiBSV to the tentative new species Dichorhavirus australis