Tests for transmission of Prunus necrotic ringspot and two nepoviruses by Criconemella xenoplax

• Published in: Journal of nematology Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 489 - 495
• Main Authors: Yuan, W.Q. (Clemson University, Clemson, SC), Barnett, O.W, Westcott, S.W. III, Scott, S.W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society of Nematologists 01.10.1990
• Subjects: CRICONEMELLA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ILARVIRUS; ILARVIRUSES; NEPOVIRUS; NEPOVIRUSES; PLANT VIRUSES; PRUNUS NECROTIC RINGSPOT ILARVIRUS; prunus necrotic ringspot virus; PRUNUS PERSICA; TOBACCO RINGSPOT NEPOVIRUS; tobacco ringspot virus; TOMATO RINGSPOT NEPOVIRUS; TRANSMISION DE ENFERMEDADES; TRANSMISSION DES MALADIES; VIRUS DE LAS PLANTAS; VIRUS DES VEGETAUX; tobacco ringspot virus; Criconemella xenoplax; nematode transmission; tomato ringspot virus; Prunus persica; Prunus necrotic ringspot virus; Mesocriconema xenoplax; ring nematode
• ISSN: 0022-300X; 2640-396X

In two of three trials, detectable color reactions in ELISA for Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) were observed for Criconemella xenoplax handpicked from the root zone of infected peach trees. Criconemella xenoplax (500/pot) handpicked from root zones of peach trees infected with PNRSV failed to transmit the virus to cucumber or peach seedlings. The nematode also failed to transmit tomato ringspot (TomRSV) or tobacco ringspot viruses between cucumbers, although Xiphinema americanum transmitted TomRSV under the same conditions. Plants of peach, cucumber, Chenopodium quinoa, and Catharanthus roseus were not infected by PNRSV when grown in soil containing C. xenoplax collected from root zones of PNRSV-infected trees. Shirofugen cherry scions budded on Mazzard cherry seedling rootstocks remained symptomless when transplanted into root zones of PNRSV-infected trees. Virus transmission was not detected by ELISA when C. xenoplax individuals were observed to feed on cucumber root explants that were infected with PNRSV and subsequently fed on roots of Prunus besseyi in agar cultures. Even if virus transmission by C. xenoplax occurs via contamination rather than by a specific mechanism, it must be rare.