Virus-virus interactions alter the mechanical transmissibility and host range of begomoviruses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Begomoviruses are mainly transmitted by whiteflies. However, a few begomoviruses can be transmitted mechanically. Mechanical transmissibility affects begomoviral distribution in the field.

Materials and methods

In this study, two mechanically transmissible begomoviruses, tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus-oriental melon isolate (ToLCNDV-OM) and tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus (TYLCTHV), and two nonmechanically transmissible begomoviruses, ToLCNDV-cucumber isolate (ToLCNDV-CB) and tomato leaf curl Taiwan virus (ToLCTV), were used to study the effects of virus-virus interactions on mechanical transmissibility.

Results

Nicotiana benthamiana and host plants were coinoculated through mechanical transmission with inoculants derived from plants that

SUBMITTER: Chang HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275492 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature