Phytopathology (2021) 111, 1851-1861

Madison Flasco, Victoria Hoyle, Elizabeth J. Cieniewicz, Brandon G. Roy, Heather L. McLane, Keith L. Perry, Gregory Loeb, Brian Nault, Michelle Heck and Marc Fuchs (2021)
Grapevine red blotch virus is transmitted by the three-cornered alfalfa hopper in a circulative, nonpropagative mode with unique attributes
Phytopathology 111 (10), 1851-1861
Abstract: The transmission mode of grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV, genus Grablovirus, family Geminiviridae) by Spissistilus festinus, the three-cornered alfalfa hopper, is unknown. By analogy with other members in the family Geminiviridae, we hypothesized circulative, nonpropagative transmission. Time-course experiments revealed GRBV in dissected guts, hemolymph, and heads with salivary glands after a 5-, 8-, and 10-day exposure to infected grapevines, respectively. After a 15-day acquisition on infected grapevines and subsequent transfer on alfalfa, a nonhost of GRBV, the virus titer decreased over time in adult insects, as shown by quantitative PCR. Snap bean proved to be a feeding host of S. festinus and a pseudosystemic host of GRBV after Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated delivery of an infectious clone. The virus was efficiently transmitted by S. festinus from infected snap bean plants to excised snap bean trifoliates (90%) or grapevine leaves (100%) but less efficiently from infected grapevine plants to excised grapevine leaves (10%) or snap bean trifoliates (67%). Transmission of GRBV also occurred trans-stadially but not via seeds. The virus titer was significantly higher in (i) guts and hemolymph relative to heads with salivary glands, and (ii) adults emanating from third compared with first instars that emerged on infected grapevine plants and developed on snap bean trifoliates. This study demonstrated circulative, nonpropagative transmission of GRBV by S. festinus with an extended acquisition access period compared with other viruses in the family Geminiviridae and marked differences in transmission efficiency between grapevine, the natural host, and snap bean, an alternative herbaceous host.
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Database assignments for author(s): Keith L. Perry, Brian A. Nault

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
transmission/dispersal of plant diseases

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Spissistilus festinus	Grapevine (Vitis)
	Grapevine red blotch virus	Grapevine (Vitis)