Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi virus 1 Accumulation Is Correlated with Changes in Virulence and Other Phenotypic Traits of Its Fungal Host
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi virus 1 (FodV1) was detected in isolate 116 (116V+) of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi, reaching such a high accumulation level that it was clearly visible after agarose gel electrophoresis of total DNA extracts. FodV1 consists of four double-stranded RNA segments...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/171373 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/171373 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Carnation Hypovirulence Mycovirus |
| Summary: | Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi virus 1 (FodV1) was detected in isolate 116 (116V+) of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi, reaching such a high accumulation level that it was clearly visible after agarose gel electrophoresis of total DNA extracts. FodV1 consists of four double-stranded RNA segments that correspond to a new mycovirus in the Chrysoviridae family. We obtained an isolate of F. oxysporum f. sp. dianthi 116 (116V−) with only a residual level of FodV1 RNA accumulation by single-conidia selection. Compared with 116V−, isolate 116V+ showed significant phenotypic alterations in vegetative growth and virulence. Thus, the presence of a high titer of mycovirus FodV1 was associated with a modified morphology and a reduced growth of the colonies on solid medium, and with a diminished conidiation in liquid medium. Inoculation of four susceptible carnation cultivars with either 116V− or 116V+ showed that the presence of a high titer of FodV1 was also correlated with a significantly reduced virulence of its fungal host. All of the results suggest that FodV1 could be associated with hypovirulence, identifying it as a potential biocontrol agent for Fusarium wilt of carnation. This is the first report of a mycovirus potentially associated with the induction of hypovirulence in the species F. oxysporum. |
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