Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, also known as tylcv, was found in two home gardens in the phoenix area. Management of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv in tomato in north florida. The virus isolate from israel is denoted as tylcvis. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcvis was found to have spread to all regions and to coexist with tylcvsr, which has been present since 1992. Tylcv is a major constraint for open field tomato production in many regions of the world. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv infected regrowth from tomatoes in a doublecropped field seeded to cucumber. Recently there has been a lot of publicity concerning the latest imported pest problem of florida agriculture tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv. Nonetheless, the relationship between the whitefly bemisia tabaci and an isolate of tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus from israel tylcvis is. Control of tomato yellow leaf curl virus disease by. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv responsible for tomato yellow leaf curl disease tylcd causes a substantial decrease in tomato solanum lycopersicum l. Author summary tomato yellow leaf curl virus and related begomoviruses cause major economic damage to tomato production in tropical and subtropical regions around the world.
The tomato yellow leaf curl virus genome and function of its proteins. This virus was observed on tomato plants for first time in saudi arabia in 1978 and has been endemic since then. Field evaluations of tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infection of tomato does not affect the performance of the q and zhj2 biotypes of the viral vector bemisia tabaci. Tomato yellow leaf curl tomato yellow leaf curl is a destructive viral disease of tomato caused by tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv. Among these are the commercially important alleles, ty1 and ty3. However, the mechanism of tylcv infection remains unclear, although the function of each. Transovarial transmission, alteration to whitefly biology, or detection of viral transcripts in the vector are proposed as indirect evidence of replication of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv. Field evaluation of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv is the most damaging and threatening virus for tomato production worldwide. The spread of tomato yellow leaf curl virus from the middle east to the world pierre lefeuvre1,2, darren p. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus differentially influences.
Unusually, tylcv infections in oman are sometimes associated with a betasatellite tomato leaf curl betasatellite tolcb. A mixup in seed may account for this result, although it. Tomato yellow leaf curl sardinia virus, tomato yellow leaf curl malaga virus, tylcvalmeria, and tylcvmld lapidot m, unpublished. Comparative analyses of tomato yellow leaf curl virus c4. College of tropical agriculture and human resources. Tomato yellow leaf curl virusis causes a novel disease of. The procedure was also used to amplify tylcv dna from total dna extracts of individual whiteflies bemisia tabaci that had fed on tylcv. Categories have been assigned by the eppo secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. Tim momol, steve olson, joe funderburk, and richard sprenkel. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, potato spindle tuber viroid.
Tomato yellow leaf curl tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv in tomato, symptoms are more severe when infected at an earier age and vary somewhat among the different cultivars. Open access in vitroinoculation method for tomato yellow. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv family geminiviridae, genus begomovirus is a complex of circular, singlestranded dna plant geminiviruses 12. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus management for homeowners. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv is a dna virus from the genus begomovirus and the family geminiviridae. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv is a tomato solanum lycopersicuminfecting plant virus transmitted by whitefly bemisia tabaci 1,2. Several tomato production regions in china were surveyed for tomato yellow leaf curl disease tylcd, and 31 tomato leaf samples showing tylcdlike symptoms were collected. International networks to deal with tomato yellow leaf curl disease. Tylcv is widespread and can be found in most places where tomato is grown. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv, genus begomovirus, family geminiviridae is a global threat to agriculture. The causal agent was described in 1964 and named tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv cohen and harpaz, 1964. C1, which is encoded in the betasatellite zhang et al. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus resistance by ty1 involves increased cytosine methylation of viral genomes and is compromised by cucumber mosaic virus infection.
Development of a new molecular marker for the resistance. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv disease is one of the most devastating viral diseases in tomato plants solanum lycopersicum l. Transmission of tomato yellow leaf curl virus by bemisia tabaci as. Some begomoviruses infecting tomato, such as tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv have a single dnaa like genomic component monopartite navot et al. Management of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv in. Our analysis, using a suite of bioinformatic tools applied to all publically available tylcv genome sequences, suggests that the virus probably arose somewhere in the middle east between the 1930s and 1950s and that its global spread only began in the. The virus has been known in israel for over 40 years and in australia queensland since 2006. Introduction of tomato yellow leaf curl virus in florida and implications for the spread of this oth er geminiviruses of tomato. They correspond to an evaluation of the biological importance of the host plant for the pest concerned, together with the economic importance of this plant for the eppo region. The effect of the repeal of this regulation is to remove authority for the state to prohibit the entry of tomato plants from florida under this regulation. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infection of tomato does not. Virusvector relationships in leaf curl disease of tomato. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv university of florida. Pdf tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv, identification, virus.
Because cultivated tomato is inherently susceptible to these viruses, breeders have incorporated several resistance alleles from wild tomato relatives. Tomato yellow leaf curl sardinia virus tylcsv, previously known as tylcvsar 21, and the mild. Molecular characterization of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv and its insect vector bemisa tabaci shigenori ueda lowland farming and horticulture research division, kyushu okinawa agricultural research center, naro, japan 1823 mii, kurume, fukuoka 8398503, japan email. Begomovirus ssdna plant virus family geminiviridae replication within the bemisia tabaci vector is controversial. Recruitment of the host plant heat shock protein 70 by tomato yellow leaf curl virus coat protein is required for virus infection. Information such as this is important as it documents key points at which the virus is. Leaflets curl upwards, become distorted, and have prominent yellowing along. Disease first reported in israel in 193940 associated with outbreaks of bemisia tabaci. Plant samples of pepper capsicum frutescens and common bean showing leaf yellowing and. Documents about tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv0.
Of resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus in tomatoes. Martin1,3, gordon harkins4, philippe lemey5, alistair j. Author summary tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv poses a serious threat to tomato production throughout the temperate regions of the world. Entomological investigations on the leaf curl disease of tobacco in northern india. Tomato yellow leaf curl virusis causes a novel disease of com mon bean and severe epidemics in tomato in spain. Tylcv causes severe problems in subtropical and tropical countries, as well as in korea. Inheritance of tomato yellow leaf curl virus resistance from. Pm30771 vegetable plants for planting under protected conditions inspection of places of production. The monopartite begomovirus tomato yellow leaf curl virus, israel strain tylcv is, was first reported in israel in 1964 by cohen and harpaz, but it has been a limiting factor for tomato. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus an overview sciencedirect topics.
Tylcvis was also shown to be the causal agent of bean leaf crumple, a novel disease that has caused severe economic losses in freshmarket common bean phaseolus vulgaris crops of southern spain. The genomic dna molecule of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv, a whiteflytransmitted geminivirus, was amplified from total dna extracts of tylcvinfected tomato lycopersicon esculentum by the use of loopmediated isothermal amplification lamp. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv is a circular single strand dna begomovirus, which causes one of the most important diseases in tomato worldwide. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv is a member of the family geminiviridae, genus begomovirus. The use of resistant variety as a sustainable management strategy has been advocated. Hence this datasheet will refer only to the tylcv complex, not to the other, different, tomato begomoviruses. This proposed action will repeal the tomato yellow leaf curl virus exterior quarantine, section 3286. Geminiviridae transmitted by the whitefly bemisia tabaci. To test the infectivity of tylcv in tomato plants, an improved protocol for inoculation of in vitrocultured tomato plants was developed.
The partial or fulllength genomes of these isolates were sequenced and tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv was detected in shanghai, zhejiang, jiangsu shandong and hebei provinces of china. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv found worldwide world vegetable center symptoms plants are severely stunted with shoots becoming erect. Tomato plants infected by the tylcv develop severely curled, yellowing leaves, shattered nodes and short stalks. Detection of tomato yellow leaf curl virus by loop. Introduction of tomato yellow leaf curl virus in florida and implications for the spread of this and other geminiviruses of tomato. In oman at least five distinct begomoviruses cause disease in tomato, including tylcv. In the mediterranean basin, two virus species cause diseases. This emerging disease is caused by isolates of several singlestranded dnacontaining geminiviruses family geminiviridae in the genus begomovirus and is. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus and tomato leaf curllike viruses in eastern and southern africa remi nonowomdim, ignas swai, madan mohan lal chadha and sylvia green introduction tomato lycopersicon esculentum mill. This disease probably entered florida this past spring from the caribbean in the form of infected plants, plants hosting infective whiteflies or. These plants contained the virus genomic dna, its replicative form and the virus cp, and showed the symptoms of a systemic infection.
Field evaluations of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv resistant varieties for commercial production. A single vt62940 plant developed symptoms of tomato yellow leaf curl and tested positive for the virus. Leaf curl, yellow leaf curl hosts tomato, pepper, eggplant, okra, tobacco, beans, cotton, cucurbits, citrus, and other crops as secondary hosts affected plant stages seedling and vegetative stages affected plant parts whole plant symptoms infected plant has stunted young leaves and shoots. Molecular characterization of tomato yellow leaf curl. The exotic virus known as tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv, a begomovirus, was detected in early 2006 in south east and south west regions of brisbane on cherry tomatoes and in bundaberg in both commercial and home garden tomatoes. Pdf tomato yellow leaf curl begomovirus tylcv was identified on the basis of symptoms on test plants, transmission by whiteflies bemisia tabaci. The tomato yellow leaf curl virus resistance genes ty1. The spread of tomato yellow leaf curl virus from the. Castillo, gabriel morilla, rosa lozano, dominique collinet, ana perez luna, alaa kashoggi et al. The genomic dna molecule of an israeli isolate of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv, a whiteflytransmitted geminivirus, was amplified from total dna extracts of tylcvinfected plants. Tete a tete of tomato yellow leaf curl virus and tomato yellow. Accordingly, tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv is the name of the virus isolated in israel. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv, a member of the genus begomovirus, is one of the most important viruses of cultivated tomatoes worldwide, mainly causing yellowing and curling of leaves with stunting in plants. Jari sugano, michael melzer, archana pant, ted radovich, steve fukuda, and susan migita.
Pakkianathan britto cathrin, murad ghanim, in plant virushost interaction, 2014. The outbreaks of tomato yellow leaf curl disease tylcd, which were. Multiple forms of vector manipulation by a plantinfecting. Tylcv causes the most destructive disease of tomato, and it can be found in tropical and subtropical regions causing severe economic losses. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv, a monopartite begomovirus family geminiviridae is responsible for heavy yield losses for tomato production around the globe. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus disease springerlink. Seven different species belonging to the tomato yellow leaf curl virus cluster have been identified abhary et al. Description of primers and polymerase chain reaction pcr conditions used for amplification of tomato yellow leaf curl virus tylcv.