Abstract
Background: Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) causes appreciable losses in vegetables, ornamentals and agricultural crops. The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae Sulzer (Aphididae) is one of the most efficient vectors for CMV. The transmission ecology of aphid-vectored CMV has been well investigated. However, the detailed description of the dynamic change in the plant-CMV-aphid interaction associated with plant defense and virus epidemics is not well known.
Results: In this report, we investigated the relationship of virus titer with plant defense of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) during the different infection time and their interaction with aphids in CMV-infected tobacco plants. Our results showed that aphid performance changed with virus titer and plant defense on CMV-inoculated plants. At first, plant defense was low and aphid number increased gradually. The plant defense of SA signaling pathway was induced when virus titer was at a high level, and aphid performance was correspondingly reduced. Additionally, the winged aphids were increased.
Conclusion: Our results showed that aphid performance was reduced due to the induced plant defense mediated by Cucumber mosaic virus titer. Additionally, some wingless aphids became to winged aphids. In this way CMV could be transmitted with the migration of winged aphids. We should take measures to prevent aphids in the early stage of their occurrence in the field to prevent virus outbreak.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-22-2016
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-016-0524-4
Funding Information
This work was supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (no. 201303028), the Agriculture Research System of China (CARS-25-B-05) and the national natural science foundation of china (no. 31571982).
Repository Citation
Shi, Xiaobin; Gao, Yang; Yan, Shuo; Tang, Xin; Zhou, Xuguo; Zhang, Deyong; and Liu, Yong, "Aphid Performance Changes with Plant Defense Mediated by Cucumber mosaic virus Titer" (2016). Entomology Faculty Publications. 104.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_facpub/104
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Virology Journal, v. 13, 70, p. 1-6.
© Shi et al. 2016
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