Seed transmission of Pepino mosaic virus in tomato

I.M. Hanssen, R. Mumford, D.R. Blystad, I. Cortez, B. Hasiów-AJaroszewska, D. Hristova, I. Pagán, A.M. Pereira, J. Peters, H. Pospieszny, M. Ravnikar, I. Stijger, L. Tomassoli, C. Varveri, R.A.A. van der Vlugt, S.L. Nielsen

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Abstract

In this manuscript we provide evidence for the seed transmission of Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) in tomato. Fruit was harvested from a tomato crop artificially infected with both European and CH2 genotypes of PepMV and more than 100,000 seeds were extracted and cleaned using an enzymatic treatment without disinfection. Infection assays using indicator plants confirmed the presence of viable virus on the seeds. Seeds were distributed to ten different laboratories in three separate batches, where they were germinated and the young plants tested by ELISA. In total over 87,000 plants were tested and 23 positives detected, indicating an overall transmission rate of 0.026%. However, the observed seed transmission rates varied from 0.005% to 0.057%, depending on the seed batch used. Results clearly showed that PepMV can be transmitted from seeds contaminated with virus to seedlings, highlighting the risk of using seeds from PepMV-infected plants and the potential for seed transmission to contribute to the further spread of PepMV
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)145-152
JournalEuropean Journal of Plant Pathology
Volume126
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords

  • genomic rna
  • greenhouse tomatoes
  • sequence
  • isolate
  • population
  • infection
  • protein
  • number
  • crops
  • uk

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