Abstract

Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) causes serious crop losses worldwide and is transmitted by Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). NSs protein is the silencing suppressor of TSWV and plays an important role in virus infection, cycling, and transmission process. In this research, we investigated the influences of NSs protein on the interaction of TSWV, plants, and F. occidentalis with the transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Compared with the wild-type Col-0 plant, F. occidentalis showed an increased number and induced feeding behavior on transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana expressing exogenous NSs. Further analysis showed that NSs reduced the expression of terpenoids synthesis-related genes and the content of monoterpene volatiles in Arabidopsis. These monoterpene volatiles played a repellent role in respect to F. occidentalis. In addition, the expression level of plant immune-related genes and the content of the plant resistance hormone jasmonic acid (JA) in transgenic Arabidopsis were reduced. The silencing suppressor of TSWV NSs alters the emission of plant volatiles and reduces the JA-regulated plant defenses, resulting in enhanced attractiveness of plants to F. occidentalis and may increase the transmission probability of TSWV.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-10-2020

Notes/Citation Information

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology, v. 11, article 590451.

© 2020 Du, Song, Shi, Tang, Chen, Zhang, Chen, Zhang, Zhou, Liu and Zhang

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.590451

Funding Information

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31872932, 31871935, 31571981, and 31672003), the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFE0112600), the Agriculture Research System of China (CARS-23-D-02); and the National Agricultural Outstanding Talent Program [(2015)62].

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The original contributions presented in the study are publicly available. This data can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject?term=PRJNA674939. BioSample accessions: SAMN16680812, SAMN16680813, SAMN16680814, SAMN16680815, SAMN16680816, and SAMN16680817.

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