Abstract
The genetic variability of Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) was assessed within RNA2 of nine isolates from Vitis vinifera cv. Volovnik in a vineyard in Slovenia by immunocapture (IC)–reverse transcription (RT)–polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–restriction length fragment polymorphism (RFLP), followed by cloning and sequencing. Four, one, and nine distinct StyI restrictotypes were identified in the 2AHP, 2BMP, and 2CCP genes, respectively, by IC–RT–PCR–RFLP. Each isolate had a specific StyI RFLP profile across the three RNA2-encoded genes. Sequence analysis of cloned RNA2 ORF amplicons obtained by IC–RT–PCR showed mixed infection in four of the nine isolates and a slightly higher nucleotide variability in the 2AHP and 2CCP genes relative to the 2BMP gene. Also, gene 2AHP, unlike genes 2BMP and 2CCP, had a variable size (765–774 nucleotides) and high amino acid diversity (up to 15%). In addition, a recombination event was identified at nucleotide position 220–225 of gene 2AHP in three of the nine isolates. No clear association was apparent between symptomatology and restrictotype composition, phylogenetic clustering, or occurrence of recombination. This study provides new insights into the genetic diversity of GFLV.
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This work was partially supported by a competitive grant from the European Commission (Environmental impact assessment of transgenic grapevines and plums on the diversity and dynamics of virus populations, QLK3-CT-2002-02140) and a bilateral USA-Slovenia project (BI-US/05-06/024). Slovenian authors thank the Slovenian Research Agency for grant J1-6040. We are also grateful to the Agriculture Institute of Slovenia for isolating and identifying nematodes from vineyard soil samples. Dr. Zora Korošec-Koruza is kindly acknowledged for access to vineyards and plant material.
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Maruša Pompe-Novak and Ion Gutiérrez-Aguirre contributed equally to the work.
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Pompe-Novak, M., Gutiérrez-Aguirre, I., Vojvoda, J. et al. Genetic variability within RNA2 of Grapevine fanleaf virus . Eur J Plant Pathol 117, 307–312 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-006-9096-2
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