Journal
PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Volume 112, Issue 5, Pages 1185-1191Publisher
AMER PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-21-0263-R
Keywords
disease control and pest management; disease resistance; ecology and epidemiology; evolution; fitness; infectious clone; ipomovirus; resistance-breaking; tolerance; virology; VPg
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- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion/Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (MCIN/AEI) [AGL2016-75529-R, PID2019-105692RB-100]
- European Regional Development Fund A way of making Europe [SEV-2015-0533, CEX2019000902-S]
- Centres de Recerca de Catalunya
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Cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV) is an emerging virus on cucurbits in the Mediterranean Basin, and this study identifies new resistance and tolerance sources in melon against CVYV. The resistance is isolate-specific, while the tolerance shows a broader range. A specific mutation in the virus resulted in a severe mosaic symptom on a resistant variety. The study highlights the importance of considering the specificity and durability of resistance or tolerance sources before introducing them into commercial cultivars.
Cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV) is an emerging virus on cucurbits in the Mediterranean Basin, against which few resistance sources are available, particularly in melon. The melon accession PI 164323 displays complete resistance to isolate CVYV-Esp, and accession HSD 2458 presents a tolerance, i.e., very mild symptoms despite virus accumulation in inoculated plants. The resistance is controlled by a dominant allele Cvy-1(1), while the tolerance is controlled by a recessive allele cvy-2, independent from Cvy-1(1). Before introducing the resistance or tolerance in commercial cultivars through a long breeding process, it is important to estimate their specificity and durability. Upon inoculation with eight molecularly diverse CVYV isolates, the resistance was found to be isolate-specific because many CVYV isolates induced necrosis on PI 164323, whereas the tolerance presented a broader range. A resistance-breaking isolate inducing severe mosaic on PI 164323 was obtained. This isolate differed from the parental strain by a single amino acid change in the VPg coding region. An infectious CVYV cDNA clone was obtained, and the effect of the mutation in the VPg cistron on resistance to PI 164323 was confirmed by reverse genetics. This represents the first determinant for resistance-breaking in an ipomovirus. Our results indicate that the use of the Cvy-1(1) allele alone will not provide durable resistance to CVYV and that, if used in the field, it should be combined with other control methods such as cultural practices and pyramiding of resistance genes to achieve long-lasting resistance against CVYV.
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