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INTERSPECIFIC TRANSFER OF RESISTANCE TO PLUM POX VIRUS IN PRUNUS BY GRAFTING
Article number
1063_16
Pages
117 – 122
Language
English
Abstract
Plum pox virus (PPV, sharka disease) is a serious limiting factor for Prunus production (mainly apricots, plums, prunes and peaches) in those areas affected.
Previous works showed that almond Garrigues (but not other nine almond cultivars) eliminated sharka symptoms and PPV in heavily infected GF305 seedlings.
In this study, grafting almond cultivar Garrigues onto GF305 peach seedlings heavily infected by a Dideron strain of Plum pox virus (PPV) progressively eliminated sharka symptoms and drastically reduced virus accumulation in GF305 rootstock.
This response appears to be specific between the almond and peach, since it was not consistently observed by grafting Garrigues onto other Prunus species such as plum (Adesoto) or apricot (Real Fino). Furthermore, grafting Garrigues onto GF305 before PPV inoculation completely prevented virus infection showing that the resistance is constitutive and not induced by the virus.
In addition, in the previously diseased GF305, after removing the grafted Garrigues, sharka symptoms reappear.
This fact suggests that resistance may be due to the transfer of a defense factor from Garrigues almond through the graft union and its interaction with specific factors of GF305 peach to produce the antiviral response.
These results open new avenues to a potential protection against PPV in peach, the most economically important affected species and one of the species where no natural resistance sources have been identified yet.
Previous works showed that almond Garrigues (but not other nine almond cultivars) eliminated sharka symptoms and PPV in heavily infected GF305 seedlings.
In this study, grafting almond cultivar Garrigues onto GF305 peach seedlings heavily infected by a Dideron strain of Plum pox virus (PPV) progressively eliminated sharka symptoms and drastically reduced virus accumulation in GF305 rootstock.
This response appears to be specific between the almond and peach, since it was not consistently observed by grafting Garrigues onto other Prunus species such as plum (Adesoto) or apricot (Real Fino). Furthermore, grafting Garrigues onto GF305 before PPV inoculation completely prevented virus infection showing that the resistance is constitutive and not induced by the virus.
In addition, in the previously diseased GF305, after removing the grafted Garrigues, sharka symptoms reappear.
This fact suggests that resistance may be due to the transfer of a defense factor from Garrigues almond through the graft union and its interaction with specific factors of GF305 peach to produce the antiviral response.
These results open new avenues to a potential protection against PPV in peach, the most economically important affected species and one of the species where no natural resistance sources have been identified yet.
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Authors
M. Rubio, P. Martínez-Gómez, J.A. García, F. Dicenta
Keywords
peach, almond, grafting, Prunus, Plum pox virus, PPV, sharka, potyvirus, resistance
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