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PLANTS-BASEL
卷 12, 期 18, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants12183264
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leaf pigments; organic acids; photosynthesis; plum bark necrosis steam pitting disease; Prunus; regulated non-quarantine pests; sharka disease; sugars; water status
This study investigated the presence of viruses in autochthonous plum trees in Tuscany and analyzed their physiological and biochemical responses to virus infections. The results showed that the plum trees were infected with plum pox virus and plum bark necrosis steam pitting associated virus, with co-infection exacerbating the detrimental effects on photosynthesis and chlorophyll content. Additionally, changes in accessory pigments and sugars were observed in response to virus-induced oxidative stress.
The present study focused on trees of Tuscany autochthonous plum cv. Coscia di Monaca in order to evaluate the presence of viruses and elucidate the physiological and biochemical responses to virus infections under real field conditions. Among the several investigated viruses, plums tested positive only to plum pox virus (PPV) and plum bark necrosis steam pitting associated virus (PBNSPaV), occurring as both singular and co-infections. This is the first report of PBNSPaV in a Tuscany orchard. Furthermore, the present study not only confirmed the detrimental effects of PPV on the carbon dioxide assimilation rate due to both stomatal limitations and mesophyll impairments, but also showed that although PBNSPaV did not induce such photosynthetic impairments when occurring as singular infection, it enhanced this damaging effect when present as a co-infection with PPV, as confirmed by a severe decrease in the chlorophyll content. Infection-specific responses in terms of accessory pigments (i.e., carotenoids and xanthophylls), as well as sugars and organic acids, were also reported, these being likely related to photoprotective mechanisms and osmotic regulations under virus-induced oxidative stress. Overall, the results here presented represent an important step to fill knowledge gaps about the interaction of plant viruses and autochthonous Prunus cultivars.
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