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| Author(s): |
Ana Carolina Christino de Negreiros Alves
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2009-02-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Jorge Alberto Marques Rezende;
Renate Krause Sakate;
Valdir Atsushi Yuki
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| Advisor: | Jorge Alberto Marques Rezende |
| Abstract | |
The Passion flower little leaf mosaic virus (PLLMV) was found causing severe damage in passion flower (Passilora edulis f. flavicarpa ) orchards in two counties of Bahia state, in 2001. The high incidence of this begomovirus was related to the colonization of plants by Bemisia tabaci, whose biotype was not indentified. To date this virus doesnt seem to be a serious threat to the passion flower cultivation, which apparently is related to the fact that P. edulis f. flavicarpa is not a preferred specie for whitefly feeding. The aim of this work were: a) to select wild species of Passifloraceae resistant to PLLMV, that may be useful in future breeding program; b) to indentify some possible alternative hosts of the pathogen among some weed and cultivaded species and c) to evaluat whether adults of B. tabaci biotype B are capable of transmitting this virus. The reaction of wild species of Passifloracea was evaluated by grafting on infected yellow passion fruit that served as a source of inoculum. The evaluation of these plants were done by means of symptoms, PCR test and biological recovery of the virus to yellow passion fruit. The sepecies P. alata, P. quadrangularis, P. morifolia, P. serrato-digitata, P. suberosa and P. foetida were susceptible to PLLMV, while P. caerulea, P. cincinnata, P nitida, P. mucronata and P. giberti were resistant to this virus. In the study of alternative hosts, at first, PLLMV was mechanically inoculated in the following species: Capsicum annuum, Chenopodium quinoa, Solanum lycopersicon, S. tuberosum, Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa, Phaseolus vulgaris, Nicotiana benthamiana and Sida sp. Only N. benthamiana was systematically infected. Subsequently, graft transmission of PLLMV was carried out using infected N. benthamiana as source of inoculum (root stock). The following species were evaluated: Solanum pimpinellifolium, S. lycopersicon, S. tuberosum, N. benthamiana, D. stramonium, C. annuum, N. glutinosa and Sida rhombifolia.The virus was transmited only to S. pimpinellifolium. Successive mechanical transmissions of PLLMV in N. benthamiana led to the selection of a mild and protective strain of this begomovirus. B. tabaci biotype B was not able to transmit the PLLMV. (AU) | |