Open AccessPathway for Phloem-Dependent Movement of Pepper Mottle Potyvirus in the Stem of Capsicum annuum
Author(s) -
Mahefa Andrianifahanana,
Karrie Lovins,
Roland R. Dute,
Edward Sikora,
John F. Murphy
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1943-7684
pISSN - 0031-949X
DOI - 10.1094/phyto.1997.87.9.892
Subject(s) - phloem , biology , potyvirus , mottle , pepper , inoculation , main stem , potyviridae , capsicum annuum , botany , plant stem , virus , horticulture , plant virus , virology
Phloem-dependent movement of pepper mottle potyvirus (PepMoV) through Capsicum annuum occurs in a defined pattern through the stem and into uninoculated leaves. The route of movement of PepMoV through the stem of C. annuum ‘Early Calwonder’ was tracked using immunotissue blot analysis and immunomicroscopy. Virus was shown to move from the inoculated leaf down the stem toward the roots via the external phloem. At some location between the cotyledonary node and the roots, PepMoV entered the internal phloem through which it rapidly spread upward the length of the stem to the young tissues. Translocation of PepMoV through the stem occurred in an asymmetric fashion, i.e., virus remained on the side of the stem to which the inoculated leaf was attached as it translocated the length of the stem. Spread and accumulation of PepMoV into uninoculated leaves appeared to occur in a source-to-sink pattern similar to that described for the flow of photoassimilates and similar to other virus and viroid-host systems.