Genetic Compositions of Broad bean wilt virus 2 Infecting Red Pepper in Korea

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Plant Pathol J. 2013;29(3):274-284
1Crop Protection Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Suwon 441–707, Korea
2Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–921, Korea
3Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361–763, Korea
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Received 2012 December 23; Revised 2013 March 6; Accepted 2013 March 13.

Abstract

The incidence of Broad bean wilt virus 2 (BBWV2) on red pepper was investigated using the samples obtained from 24 areas of 8 provinces in Korea. Two hundred and five samples (79%) out of 260 collected samples were found to be infected with BBWV2. While the single infection rate of BBWV2 was 21.5%, the co-infection rate of BBWV2 with Cucumber mosaic virus, Pepper mottle virus, Pepper mild mottle virus and/or Potato virus Y was 78.5%. To characterize the genetic diversity of BBWV2 Korean isolates, 7 isolates were fully sequenced and analyzed. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that BBWV2 isolates could be divided largely into two groups as Group I and Group II. Based on the partial sequence analyses, 153 selected BBWV2 isolates were subgrouped into GS-I (21.6%), GS-II (3.9%) and GS-III (56.9%). BBWV2 GS-III, which was predominant in Korea, appears to be a new combination between Group I RNA-1 and Group II RNA-2. Viral disease incidence of BBWV2 on red pepper was under 2% before 2004. However, the incidence was increased abruptly to 41.3% in 2005, 58.2% in 2006 and 79% in 2007. These rapid increases might be related with the emergence of new combinations between BBWV2 groups.

Broad bean wilt virus (BBWV) is the type species of the genus Fabavirus in the family Comoviridae (Taylor et al., 1972). It is transmitted by aphids, mostly Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae, with infection rate of 60 – 90% in a nonpersistent manner and has a wide host range (Benner et al., 1985; Brunt et al., 1996). By serological and molecular studies, BBWV isolates are classified into two groups, Broad bean wilt virus 1 (BBWV1) and Broad bean wilt virus 2 (BBWV2) (Kobayashi et al., 2003; Uyemoto et al., 1974). Although they show the similar genome structures and functions, the nucleotide (nt) sequence identity between them was limited (39% –67%). The genome is composed of two single stranded positive-sense RNA molecules, RNA-1 and RNA-2, that are encapsidated separately into icosahedral virions (Lisa et al., 1996). Although BBWV1 has not been detected yet, disease incidences caused by BBWV2 have been reported in Korea (Lee et al., 1979).

BBWV2 RNA-1 and RNA-2 are about 6 kb and 4 kb nucleotides in length, respectively, contain a single open reading frame (ORF), and thus translated into a single polyprotein precursor from which functional proteins are produced by proteolytic cleavage. RNA-1 encodes five proteins containing cofactor protease (Co-pro), NTP-binding motif (NTBM), genome-linked viral protein (VPg), protease (Pro) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) while RNA2 encodes three proteins containing movement protein (MP), large coat protein (LCP) and small coat protein (SCP) (Goldbach et al., 1995). Up to date, the complete nucleotide sequences of eight BBWV2 isolates (Ikegami et al., 1998; 2001; Kobayashi et al., 1999; Koh et al., 2001; Kuroda et al., 2000; Lee et al., 2000; Nakamura et al., 1998; Qi et al., 2000a; 2000b) and partial sequences of twenty-five BBWV2 isolates (Ferrer et al., 2011; Kobayashi et al., 1999; 2004; Kondo et al., 2005; Sui et al., 2009) from various host plants have been reported.

BBWV2 is a destructive pathogen in many economically important horticultural and ornamental crops, and has a worldwide distribution. In Korea, it has been reported that BBWV2 naturally infects red pepper (Lee et al., 2000), broad bean (unpublished), pea (Choi et al., 2001), spinach (Lee et al., 1979), perilla (Choi et al., 2001), lily (Jang et al., 1987), Gentiana spp. (Roh et al., 1998), gladiolus (Park et al., 1998), celery (Hahm et al., 1998), etc. Especially, occurrence of BBWV2 in red pepper has increased by single and mixed infection with Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and other viruses (Cho et al., 2007).

Peppers are the economically important vegetable giving rise to many phenotypic diversities depending on their originate countries where there are cultivated and their intended uses, such as fresh or cooked vegetable, ornamental, spice, or extraction of either its natural colorant for food dyes or capsaicin for use in medicine. Peppers are easily infected with fungi, bacteria, and viruses which cause severe damages. Especially, viral diseases are difficult to control directly, so they cause significant economic losses due to yield reduction and low ornamental quality. The majority of viral diseases on red peppers led to overall stunting, mosaic, necrosis, and fruit malformation and reduced fruit. Over 66 viruses belonging to 9 families, namely Partitiviridae, Bromoviridae, Comoviridae, Tombusviridae, Luteoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Potyviridae, Geminiviridae, and Rhabdoviridae, are known to cause damage on red pepper in the world, and twenty-nine viruses are distributed worldwide but the remains are occurred on confined areas at certain geographical countries (Kim et al., 2002; Watterson, 1993).

In Korea, red pepper was cultivated in 44,584 ha and its production was 95,391 tons in 2010 (www.kostate.go.kr). It has been grown continuously during May to September at every year. Since climatic conditions during the red pepper production season are also favorable for aphid populations, the dissemination of vector transmissible viruses are tend to increase dramatically throughout the pepper cultivation season. Although many viruses have been detected in pepper, only 16 viruses were reported in Korea (The List of Plant Diseases in Korea, 2010), i.e. Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV), BBWV2, CMV, Pepper mottle virus (PepMoV), Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), Pepper severe mosaic virus (PSMV), Potato virus X (PVX), Potato virus Y (PVY), Satellite Tobacco mosaic virus (sTMV), Tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV), Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), Tobacco mild green mild mottle virus (TMGMMV), Bell pepper mottle virus (BPMV), Pepper vein mottle virus (PVMV), Pepper vein chlorosis virus (PVCV), and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV).

Major viruses occurred recently in Korean red peppers are CMV, BBWV2, PepMoV and PMMoV. Their average disease incidences from 2002 to 2006 were 29.4%, 25.6%, 13.6%, 14.3%, respectively (Cho et al., 2007). Among them, CMV occurred most frequently and caused significant damage in pepper because of the widest host-range, nonpersistent transmission by a large number of aphid species and the ability of synergistic effects with unrelated plant viruses (Palukaitis et al., 2003). BBWV2 had low incidence under 2% before 2004, however, it was increased abruptly to 41.3% in 2005 and 58.2% in 2006 has steadily increased since. For the types of mixed infections of pepper viruses, the incidence of CMV+BBWV2 was 2.1% in 2004, but increased suddenly to 33.2% in 2005 and to 83.2% in 2006. Especially, mixed infections with BBWV2 in pepper resulted in enhanced symptoms with synergistic symptom expression (Cho et al., 2007).

The purpose of this study was to investigate occurrence of BBWV2 in main cultivation areas of red pepper in 2007 and to understand the genetic diversity of Korean BBWV2 isolates by conducting sequence and phylogenetic analyses using complete nt sequences of seven BBWV2 isolates collected from red pepper from 2007 to 2011.

Materials and Methods

Survey and sample collection.

A survey of red pepper virus was carried out in 41 cultivated fields at 24 areas of 8 provinces of Korea from July to October 2007 (Fig. 1). Two hundred and sixty samples of red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) leaves showing the general virus symptom were collected as follows; 44 samples at 4 areas of Yeoju, Suwon, Pocheon and Incheon in Gyeonggi-do province; 45 samples at 4 areas of Cheongyang, Yesan, Seosan and Taean in Chungcheongnam-do province; 42 samples at 4 areas of Boeun, Chungju, Danyang and Eumseong in Chungcheong-buk-do; 15 samples at 2 areas of Buan and Muju in Jeollabuk-do; 7 samples at Naju area in Jeollanam-do; 27 samples at Yanggu, Pyeongchang and Mukho in Gangwon-do; 32 samples at Chilgok, Uiseong and Yeongju in Gyeongsangbuk-do; 48 samples at Hadong, Geochang Masan in Gyeongsangnam-do (Table 1). Samples collected were maintained at −70 °C and used for the genetic diagnosis by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay (ELISA)

Fig. 1

Geographical distribution of collection areas for the redpepper specimens without symptoms expression of virus diseasein Korea. Two hundred and sixty red pepper specimens were sampled from 41 cultivated fields in 24 local areas of 8 provinces as indicated.

Legend of red pepper specimens used in this paper

Virus isolation.

Seven isolates of BBWV2, RP1 to RP7, collected from red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) showing vein clearing, mosaic and virus-like symptoms. RP1 and RP2 isolates collected from Cheongyang in 2007, RP3 isolate from Yesan in 2007, RP4 isolate from Suwon in Chungcheong-2007, RP5 isolate from Yeongyang in 2009, RP6 isolate from Imsil in 2010 and RP7 isolate from Suwon in 2011 (Table 2). Virus isolates were inoculated to local lesion at least three times in succession, and propagated in Nicotiana benthamiana.

Database of the complete nucleotide sequence of BBWV2 genome

ELISA

Double antibody sandwich (DAS)-ELISA test kits for ELISA were purchased from Agdia (USA) and JPPA (Japan). The leaf samples were homogenized with a mortar and a pestle with equal volumes (v/w) of 0.01 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. The crude sap of 100 μl per microplate well was used respectively. Quantitative measurements with p-nitrophenol were made by absorbance at 405 nm spectrophotometer (EL312e EIA, Bio-Tek Instruments Inc., USA). Absorbance value of 2 times higher than that of negative control was considered as viral infection.

Electron microscopy.

Virus particles were observed in leaf samples by using negatively stained leaf dips. Dip preparations were prepared by grinding a small piece of 1 × 1 mm collected sample with 2–3 drops of 2% phosphotungstic acid, pH 7.0. The extract was mounted on a carbonstabilized and Formvar-coated grid.

Total RNA extraction and RT-PCR.

Total RNAs were extracted from infected leaf samples by easy-spinTM total RNA extraction kit (iNtRON, Korea) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. RT reaction was carried out at 42 °C for 30 min in a final 5 μl volume obtained by adding 1 μl total RNA (2.5 ng/μl), 10 pmole (1 μl) of the down-stream primer, 1 × RT buffer, 2 mM dNTP, and 0.5 U AMV reverse transcriptase (Promega, USA) and made up to volume with dH2O, and was terminated by heating at 95 °C for 5 min. When RT was completed, total 25 μl of 10 pmole (1 μl) of the upstream primer, 1 U Go-Taq DNA polymerase (Promega, USA), 1 × PCR buffer and 1.5 mM MgCl2, were added. Mixtures were then amplified in a thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, USA) for a total 35 cycles. Each cycle included a denaturing step at 94°C for 30 sec, an annealing step at 55 °C for 30 sec, and extension step at 72 °C for 90 sec, and finally kept at 72 °C for 10 min. PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis in 1.0% agarose gel, staining with ethidium bromide, and DNA bands were visualized using a UV transilluminator.

Primer design.

Primers for detection of red pepper infecting viruses were designed based on nucleotide sequence of reported red pepper virus isolates registered in GenBank of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (Table 3). Primer pairs for full-length nucleotide sequences were designed group-specifically for RNA-1 and universally for RNA-2 (Table 4). End sequences of the genomes were obtained with the 5′ and 3′ rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) protocol (Boehringer Mannheim, Germany). cDNA clones containing the 5′ end of the genomes were obtained using Xec primers (5′-AAAGAATTCCCCCCCC CCCCC-3′), and BBWV2 5′-RNA1 (5′-GCCATYTCATT GGCATGGAAAAAGC-3′) and BBWV2 5′-RNA2 (5′-GAAGGGTGCAACGATATATGCAAATTC-3′) primers complementary to nucleotides 384–360 and 424–395, respectively, of BBWV2 stain. In addition, cDNA clones containing the 3′ end of the genomes were obtained using BBWV2 3′-RNA1 (5′-AGGCATATGAGAGAGGAGAG-3′) and BBWV2 3′-RNA2 (5′-GAAATGGGGAATGTTC ATGAGTA-3′) primer complementary to nucleotides 5646–5665 and 3269–3291, respectively, and anchor primers (5′-GACCACGCGTATCGATGTCGACTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTV-3′). Besides, the group-specific primers for strain analysis were selected from Table 4 for RNA-1 genome and designed newly for RNA-2 genome of BBWV2 based on the previously reported complete sequences (Table 5).

Primers used in genetic diagnosis for the specimens of red pepper infecting viruses majored in Korea

Primer pairs for full-lengh sequencing of BBWV2a genomes

Group-specific primer pairs for BBWV2 RNA-1 and RNA-2 RNA

Cloning and sequencing.

RT-PCR amplified DNA fragments were purified using MEGA quick-spin™ Kit (iNtRON, Korea) and cloned into pGEM-T easy vector (Promega, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions followed by transformation into Escherichia coli DH5α strain. Sequencing was done by a commercial company (Genotech, Korea). Complete nucleotide sequences of each genomic RNA segment were determined and submitted to GenBank (Accession Nos. JX183221 – JX183234, Table 2).

Sequence analysis and phylogenetic analysis.

The complete sequences were analyzed using the DNASTAR, Genetyx, Geneious pro 5.13 and Mega 5.10 software. Multiple nucleotide sequence alignments were performed by using ClustalW in Geneious pro 5.13. Phylogenetic analyses were performed by maximum likelihood method in Mega 5.10 software and 1,000 bootstrap replicates and compared with previously reported isolates, e.g. IP (Japan, Kobayashi et al., 1999) and ME (Singarpore, Koh et al., 2001) isolates for Group I and IA (Japan, Kuroda et al., 2000), K (Korea, Lee et al., 2000), B935 (China, Qi et al., 2000a; 2000b), MB7 (Japan, Nakamura et al., 1998), XJ14-3 (China) isolates and PatMMV (Japan, Ikegami et al., 1998; Ikegami et al., 2001) for Group II (Table 1) and with BBWV1 as an outgroup.

Results

Isolates collections and detection of BBWV2.

The representative symptoms observed on the infected red pepper samples were vein clearing, mosaic, malformation and a combination of chlorosis local and yellow mosaic (Fig. 2). The most common symptom was mosaic that is similar to the symptom induced by BBWV2, CMV, PepMoV, and PMMoV reported in Korea (Kim et al., 1990).

Fig. 2.

Representative symptoms observed on red pepper in cultivated fields. (A) Vein chlorosis and (B) mosaic induced by single infection of BBWV2. (C) Mottle and chlorosis induced by BBWV2+CMV. (D) Yellowing mosaic and malformation induced by BBWV2+CMV+PepMoV.

A total 260 leaf specimens of red pepper collected from 41 fields at 24 areas in 8 provinces were analyzed BBWV2 using DAS-ELISA, RT-PCR and electron microscopy. The total infection rate of BBWV2 was 79% of 205 samples as 30 out of 44 samples in Gyeonggi-do, 35 out of 45 samples in Chungcheongnam-do, 34 out of 42 samples in Chungcheongbuk-do, 6 out of 15 samples in Jeollabuk-do, 4 out of 7 samples in Jeollanam-do, 20 out of 27 samples in Gangwon-do, 29 out of 32 samples in Gyeongsangbuk-do, and 47 out of 48 samples in Gyeongsangnam-do (Table 6). BBWV2 was not detected from 55 samples (21%) even though they had viral symptoms. These samples must have been infected with other pepper infecting viruses.

Detection of viruses for red pepper from fields

BBWV2 infected singly on red peppers with the infection rate of 21.5%. The BBWV2 single infection was detected highly on red pepper from Gyeongsangnam-do province as 21 out of 44 total specimens. The mixed infection with BBWV2 and other viruses including CMV was 78.5%. The total infection rate of double, triple, quadruple and quintuple was 38.5%, 34.2%, 3.9% and 1.9%, orderly. The most prevalent infection type was the double infection of BBWV2+CMV that occurred whole country of 8 provinces and the triple infection of BBWV2+CMV+PepMoV that occurred most provinces excluding Jeonnam province (Table 6). The combined incidence rate of these double (Fig. 2C) and triple (Fig. 2D) infections was 57.6% and thus was the most important virus species infecting red pepper in Korea which causing severe economic damages by synergistic symptom expressions.

Phylogenetic analyses of BBWV2 Korean isolates.

In order to confirm the classification and genetic diversity of BBWV2, the complete nucleotide sequences of RNA-1 and RNA-2 genomes of 7 Korean isolates were determined. Complete nucleotide sequences of 7 Korean BBWV2 isolates (RP1-RP7) were compared with the reported sequences of eight BBWV2 isolates (IP, IA, ME, MB7, K, PatMMV, B935, and XJ14-3) along with two BBWV1 isolates (PV132 and Ben) as outgroups. RNA-1 of BBWV2 Korean pepper isolates consisted of 5950 to 5955 nt encoding 5 proteins, Co-pro (353 aa or 354 aa), NTBM (582 aa), VPg (26 aa), Pro (209 aa) and RdRp (699 aa). RNA-2 contained 3571 to 3596 nt encoding 3 proteins, MP (465 aa), LCP (402 aa) and SCP (197 aa). Based on phylogenetic analyses, BBWV2 isolates could be divided largely into two groups, Group I and Group II in RNA-1 and RNA-2 genomes, respectively (Fig. 3). While nucleotide sequence identity between two groups was about 78% – 79%, nucleotide sequence identity within group was over 84% – 90%. Group I included two isolates (IP and ME) while Group II included six isolates (B935, IA, K, MB7, PatMMV, and XJ114) for RNA-1 and RNA-2 genomes, respectively. In case of RNA-1 genome of Korean isolates, six isolates excluding RP3 were classified as group I and only RP3 was classified as group II. Mean-while, the phylogenetic tree of RNA-2 genome showed that only RP7 was classified as group I and the remaining six isolates were classified as group II. Furthermore, group II of RNA-2 could be divided into 3 subgroups of II-a, II-b and II-c. Six Korean BBWV2 isolates, excluding RP7, belonged to subgroup II-a along with Chinese isolate B935. Group I was predominant in RNA-1 and Group II was predominant in RNA-2 genome in BBWV2 Korean pepper isolates. According to group-combination between RNA-1 and RNA-2 genomes, BBWV2 could be designated as three genetic strains of GS-I (Group I in both RNA-1 and RNA-2), GS-II (Goup II in both RNA-1 and RNA-2) and GS-III (Group I in RNA-1 and Group II in RNA-2). In case of 7 BBWV2 Korean isolates, RP7 belonged to GS-I, RP3 to GS-II and other 5 isolates (RP1, RP2, RP4, RP5 and RP6) to GS-III. GS-III has been detected newly and predominantly in Korean red pepper fields in 2007.

Fig. 3.

Phylogenetic trees reconstructed using the complete nucleotide sequences of RNA-1or RNA-2 of BBWV2 isolates. The maximum likehood method implemented in MEGA 5 was used to reconstruct the phylogenetic trees.

Genetic diversity of Korean BBWV2 isolates.

To investigate the genetic diversity of BBWV2 isolates from naturally infected red pepper plants, 153 isolates out of 205 specimens were selected according to the occurrence areas and analyzed by RT-PCR using group I and II-specific primers for RNA-1 and RNA-2 genome segments, respectively (Table 7). As a result, GS-I and GS-III were detected from 33 (21.6%) and 87 (56.9%) samples, respectively. Mixed infection of GS-I and GS-III was detected from 27 samples (17.6%). In addition, mixed infection of GS-II with either GS-I or GS-III was detected from 6 samples (3.9%). While GS-I and GS-III isolates were detected throughout the investigated areas, GS-II isolates were detected from only Gyeongsangbuk-do with a low incidence rate. Above all, GS-III of BBWV2, which was predominant (78.4%) in Korean red pepper appears to be a new combination between Group I RNA-1 segment and Group II RNA-2 segment.

Genetic diversity of BBWV2a isolates from red peppers

Discussion

The survey of the pepper virus disease incidence in 2007 was conducted and the genetic diversity of BBWV2 pepper isolates from 24 areas of 8 provinces in Korea was analyzed. A total 205 samples of 260 collected samples were detected positively (79%) with BBWV2 by DAS-ELISA and RT-PCR, which was increased largely in comparison with 41.3% in 2005 and 58.1% in 2006 (Cho et al., 2007). While the single infection rate with BBWV2 was 21.5%, the co-infection with BBWV2 and red pepper infecting viruses including CMV, PepMoV, PMMoV and PVY was 78.5%. Compared to 37.1% of single infection and 54.1% of mixed infection in 2006, the increase of mixed infection is thought to have caused greater damages on red pepper in Korea. The most prevalent co-infection type was the double infection of BBWV2 and CMV and the triple infection of BBWV2+CMV+PepMoV that had the incidence rates of 28.3% and 29.3%, respectively. As the mixed infection of BBWV2 and CMV with other viruses was 67.8% in total, BBWV2 and CMV are still very important viruses on red pepper in Korea.

To characterize the genetic diversity of BBWV2 Korean isolates, 7 representative isolates were fully sequenced and analyzed (Table 2). So far, complete genome sequences of 8 isolates and partial sequences of 25 isolates have been reported and registered in the GeneBank database. In this study, phylogenetic analyses of 7 BBWV2 Korean isolates with the previously reported 8 isolates based on complete genome sequences showed that BBWV2 could be divided largely into two groups, Group I and Group II in RNA-1 and RNA-2 genomes, respectively (Fig. 3). While the nucleotide sequence identity between two groups was approximately 78% in RNA-1 and 79% in RNA-2, the intragroup nucleotide homology was more than 86% – 90% in RNA-1 and 84% – 89% in RNA-2. The nucleotide sequence indentities between BBWV1, which was used as an outgroup, and BBWV2 were approximately 61% and 58% for RNA-1 and RNA-2, respectively (Kobayashi et al., 2003). In case of RNA-2, Group II could be subdivided into 3 subgroups, II-a, II-b and II-c. BBWV2 Korean red pepper isolates except RP7 were subgrouped into II-a. Rosa et al. (2011) reported that 30 BBWV2 isolates could be divided into six subgroups based on the phylogenetic tree of the SCP nucleotide sequences. RNA-2 compared with RNA-1 showed more extensive genetic variation. As mentioned earlier, RNA-2 encodes MP and two coat proteins (LCP and SCP). Plant viral MPs are invovled in the viral cell-to-cell movement by modifying the structure and function of plasmodesmata (Hofmann et al., 2007 and Liu et al., 2009). Some MPs can bind specifically to heterologous CPs to form complexes that function in movement (Carvalho et al., 2003 and Sánchez-Navarro et al., 2006). Therefore, genetic variations in RNA-2 genome can affect virus infection characteristics. According to group-combination between RNA-1 and RNA-2 genomes, BBWV2 could be designated as three genetic strains of GS-I (Group I in both RNA-1 and RNA-2), GS-II (Goup II in both RNA-1 and RNA-2) and GS-III (Group I in RNA-1 and Group II in RNA-2). Eight isolates reported previously could be grouped to GS-I (IP and ME) and GS-II (B935, IA, K, MB7, PatMMV and XJ114), while BBWV2 Korean isolates could be grouped GS-I (RP7), GS-II (RP3) and GS-III (RP1, RP2, RP4, RP5 and RP6). GS-III was a new combination detected only in Korean isolates. Especially, when compared with BBWV-K isolated in Korea in 2000, only RP3 belonged to the same group (i.e. Group II) and all the other Korean isolates (RP1, RP2, RP4, RP5, RP6 and RP7) included in Group I in the phylogenetic tree of RNA-1 (Fig. 3). In addition, RP3 showed typical mosaic symptom while BBWV-K had severe necrotic symptom on C. annuum (Lee et al., 2000). Thus, it is likely that the BBWV2 isolates emerged in Korea in 2007 might not be originated from BBWV-K.

Based on RT-PCR using Group I and II-specific primers (Table 5), 153 BBWV2 isolates out of 205 isolates were further analyzed and group-specified (Table 7). As a result, GS-I was detected from 33 isolates (21.6%) out of 153 isolates, GS-III from 87 isolates (56.9%), the mixed infection of GS-I and GS-III from 27 isolates (17.6%). The mixed infextion of GS-II with either GS-I or GS-III was detected from 6 isolates (3.9%). While GS-I and GS-III was detected almost all over the provinces investigated, GS-II was detected only from Gyeongsangbuk-do with low incidence rate. Above all, GS-III of BBWV2 was predo-minant at 78.4% in Korean red pepper, as new combination with Group I RNA-1 and Group II RNA-2. Incidence of BBWV2 on red pepper was under 2% before 2004. The incidence was increased abruptly, however, to 41.3% in 2005, 58.2% in 2006 (Cho et al., 2007), 79% in 2007 in this study. These rapid increases of viral disease might be related with the emergence of new combination of BBWV2 groups at high incidence. We are currently constructing full-length infectious clones of some BBWV isolates to better understand the relationship between the genetic variation and the pathogenicity in the BBWV2 population.

Acknowledgements

This work was support by a grant from the Agenda Program (PJ00789802), Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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Fig. 1

Geographical distribution of collection areas for the redpepper specimens without symptoms expression of virus diseasein Korea. Two hundred and sixty red pepper specimens were sampled from 41 cultivated fields in 24 local areas of 8 provinces as indicated.

Fig. 2.

Representative symptoms observed on red pepper in cultivated fields. (A) Vein chlorosis and (B) mosaic induced by single infection of BBWV2. (C) Mottle and chlorosis induced by BBWV2+CMV. (D) Yellowing mosaic and malformation induced by BBWV2+CMV+PepMoV.

Fig. 3.

Phylogenetic trees reconstructed using the complete nucleotide sequences of RNA-1or RNA-2 of BBWV2 isolates. The maximum likehood method implemented in MEGA 5 was used to reconstruct the phylogenetic trees.

Table 1

Legend of red pepper specimens used in this paper

Province Areaa No. of fields Investigated No. of samplesb collected
Gyeonggi-do Yeoju 2 16
Suwon 1 11
Pocheon 1 16
Incheon 1 1

Chungcheongnam-do Cheongyang 3 28
Yesan 1 3
Seosan 1 6
Taean 2 8

Chungcheongbuk-do Boeun 2 16
Chungju 2 14
Danyang 2 11
Eumseog 1 1

Jeollabuk-do Buan 2 10
Muju 1 5

Jeollanam-do Naju 1 7

Gangwon-do Yanggu 2 12
Pyeongchang 1 1
Mukho 1 1

Gyeongsang-buk-do Chilgok 2 10
Yeongju 2 9
Uiseong 2 13

Gyeongsangnam-do Hadong 2 14
Geochang 3 19
Masan 3 15

Total 24 41 260
a

Areas and fields for sample collection were selected by the major control was considered as viral infection. production areas of red pepper in Korea.

b

Samples of leaves red pepper were collected randomly without regard to symptom expression of virus disease.

Table 2

Database of the complete nucleotide sequence of BBWV2 genome

Isolates Host plant Origin NCBI accession No.
Remark
RNA-1 RNA-2
IP Capsicum annuum Japan AB023484 AB018698
ME Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Singarpore NC003003 NC003004
IA Gentiana spp Japan AB051386 AB032403
K Capsicum annuum Korea AF144234 AF104335
B935 Vicia faba China AF149425 AJ132844
MB7 Vicia faba Japan AB013615 AB013616
XJ14-3 Lycopersicon esculentum MILL China FN985164 HQ283389
PatMMVa Pogostemon patchouli Japan NC003975 NC003974

RP1b Korea-Cheongyang JX183221 JX183222 2007
RP2 Korea-Cheongyang JX183223 JX183224 2007
RP3 Korea-Yesan JX183225 JX183226 2007
RP4 Capsicum annuum Korea-Suwon JX183227 JX183228 2007
RP5 Korea-Yeongyang JX183229 JX183230 2009
RP6 Korea-Imsil JX183231 JX183232 2010
RP7 Korea-Suwon JX183233 JX183234 2011
a

Patchouli mild mosaic virus; an isolate of BBWV2

b

Korean isolates of RP1 to RP7 used in this study.

Table 3

Primers used in genetic diagnosis for the specimens of red pepper infecting viruses majored in Korea

Virusa Primerb Sequences Size (nt)
BBWV2 BBWV2 1u 5′-AAACAAACAGCTTTCGTTCCG-3′ 380
BBWV2 1R 5′-GCCATCTCATTGGCATGGA-3′

CMV CMV 3-3u 5′-AAGAARCTTGTTTCGCGCATT-3′ 629
CMV 3-3d 5′-TGGTCTCCTTTTRAGGCCCCCA-3′

PMMoV PMMoV u6 5′-TAAATGGCGTTAGTAGTCAAGGA-3′ 1451
PMMoV d6 5′-TGGGCCGCTACCCGCGGTTCGGGG-3′

PepMoV PepMoV u1 5′-AATGGCACGTCCCCAAA-3′ 705
PepMoV d1 5′-TCTCTCTCATGCCAACTACGA-3′

PVY PVY u1 5′-TGGTGCATTGARAATGGAACCTC-3′ 755
PVY d1 5′-GTCTCCTGATTGAAGTTTACAAG-3′
a

BBWV2, Broad bean wilt virus 2; CMV, Cucumber mosaic virus; PMMoV, Pepper mild mottle virus; PepMoV, Pepper mottle virus; PVY, Potato virus Y.

b

Primers were designed based on the nucleotide sequences of pepper viruses registered in GenBank.

Table 4

Primer pairs for full-lengh sequencing of BBWV2a genomes

Group Primer Sequence (5′ → 3′) Loci Size(nt)
I of RNA-1 BBWV2 1-1u AAACAAACAGCTTTCGTTCCG 19–915 896
BBWV2 1-1R TTCCATGCATCGTGTTGGCC

BBWV2 1-2F ATTTCAGGCTCCATTAAAAAGAG 753–1701 948
BBWV2 1-2R TCTATCAACTTCTCCAAAGCC
BBWV2 1-3F GAATGTGATTGCATGGTGGCT 1515–2400 885

BBWV2 1-3R CAAATGAAGTGGCTATGACCGT
BBWV2 1-4F GTACACAAGGTTTAAGGAGCA 2275–3203 928
BBWV2 1-4R CCAAGCACACTTGTGTTCTCA

BBWV2 1-3u TGGGAG(A)TACAAGCAA(G)TGG C 2867–3888 1021
BBWV2 1-5R AAATGCCATTCCTCTGGGG

BBWV2 1-6F GAAGTGCCAGTTTTATGCCGT 3690–4626 936
BBWV2 1-6R TCATTCATGACACACTTGGGC

BBWV2 1-7F GGAGGGATGTTTTACCAGCT 4476–5252 776
BBWV2 1-7R CTATTGCGGAATTCCTTGGC

BBWV2 1-8F TGAATCCAGATGGCACATGG 5078–5958 880
BBWV2 1-8R CCCTCACTACTGAAATTTACTTG

II of RNA-1 BBWV2 1-1u AAACAAACAGCTTTCGTTCCG 19–1173 1154
BBWV2 1-1r CTGAAATAGCTGCCATAGCAG

BBWV2 1-2f TTTGCAGCGTGGATGCC 883–1981 1098
BBWV2 1-2r CTTGTAGCCTGACCAAAAAGG

BBWV2 1-3f GCTGATAGAGTTGCACAATTCAGT 1774–2850 1076
BBWV2 1-3r TACAAATACGCCCTTTGCCA

BBWV2 1-4f GTGGAGCAGATGCAATTGAG 2603–3664 1061
BBWV2 1-4r GAAATACTTTGGGGAATTTCCC

BBWV2 1-5f GATGTGGAAACTTTGCCCAA 3495–4390 895
BBWV2 1-5r TTGCTCACTTCTTCAAACCAAG

BBWV2 1-6f CTTGATCGTGGTCCTGGTGA 4272–5355 1083
BBWV2 1-6r TCCATCTCAAATTTCTCAAGACTT

BBWV2 1-7f TTGGAAATGGCAGAGGCAT 5239–5958 719
BBWV2 1-7R CCCTCACTACTGAAATTTACTTG

Universal of RNA-2 BBWV2 2-1F CAAACAGCTTTCGTTCCGAA 22–949 927
BBWV2 2-1R AAGCCATCTGCCACCAATTC

BBWV2 2-2F GCCATGTCAGGTGCTGGA 801–1702 900
BBWV2 2-1d CGCATA(G)GTC(T)TCT(C)GTA(G)GCA(T)GA

BBWV2 2-2u TACAAT(C)TTG(A)CCTGGG(A)CCTAGC 1377–2496 1119
BBWV2 2-2r CATGTTCCCAACCTTTTCAATGT

BBWV2 2-3u ATTT(C)TA(G)GATTTTACT(C)CTC(T)ATGAG 2348–3511 1163
BBWV2 2-3d AGGTCATGGAACCCATTTTAATGG
a

BBWV2, Broad bean wilt virus 2.

Table 5

Group-specific primer pairs for BBWV2 RNA-1 and RNA-2 RNA

RNA Group Primer Sequences(5′ → 3′)b Position Size (nt)
1 I BBWV2 1-7F GGAGGGATGTTTTACCAGCT 4476–5252 776
BBWV2 1-7R CTATTGCGGAATTCCTTGGC

II BBWV2 1-5f GATGTGGAAACTTTGCCCAA 3495–4390 895
BBWV2 1-5r TTGCTCACTTCTTCAAACCAAG

2 I BBWV2-R2-F ARTTGGYAAAGGTAARGCGCA 2731–3226 495
BBWV2-R2-R GCCATCMACTGGRCCTACAACC

II BBWV2-r2-f CATAGGGAAGGYAARACTATA
BBWV2-r2-r ACCATCCACGGGACCAACCACT
a

BBWV2, Broad bean wilt virus 2.

b

The primers were selected after alignment of the nucleotide sequences of BBWV2 isolates registered in GenBank.

Table 6

Detection of viruses for red pepper from fields

Infection type Virus speciesa No. of samplesb from No. of total samples (%)d
GGc CN CB JN GW JB GB GN
Single BB2 7 2 8 0 0 5 1 21 44(21.5)

Double BB2+CMV 19 13 6 2 4 6 1 7 58(28.3)
BB2+PMM 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4(1.9)
BB2+Pep 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 2 11(5.4)
BB2+PVY 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 6(2.9)

Triple BB2+CMV+Pep 4 13 6 4 0 2 19 12 60(29.3)
BB2+CMV+PMM 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3(1.5)
BB2+CMV+PVY 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 6(2.9)
BB2+Pep+PVY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(0.5)

Quadruple BB2+CMV+Pep+PMM 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 5(2.4)
BB2+CMV+Pep+PVY 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3(1.5)

Quintuple BB2+CMV+Pep+PMM+PVY 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4(1.9)

Total 30 35 34 6 4 19 30 47 205(100)
a

BB2: Broad bean wilt virus 2, CMV: Cucumber mosaic virus, Pep: Pepper mottle virus, PVY : Potato virus Y, PMM: Pepper mild mottle virus.

b

Virus infection was judged by DAS-ELISA, RT-PCR and electron microscopy.

c

The abbreviation represented as follows; GG: Gyeonggi-do, CN: Chungcheongnam-do, CB: Chungcheongbuk-do, JB: Jeollabuk-do, JN: Jeollanam-do, GW: Gangwon-do, GB: Gyeongsangbuk-do and GN: Gyeongsangnam-do

d

% in total

Table 7

Genetic diversity of BBWV2a isolates from red peppers

Provinceb No. of red peppers Genome combination of BBWV2 (%)c


investigated infected selected GS-Id GS-IIIe GS-I+GS-IIIf GS-I+GS-II+GS-IIIg
GG 44 30 25 10 15 0 0
CN 45 35 30 1 27 2 0
CB 42 34 24 11 8 5 0
JB 15 6 4 2 1 1 0
JN 7 4 1 1 0 0 0
GW 27 20 15 2 11 2 0
GB 32 29 24 2 7 9 6
GN 48 47 30 4 18 8 0

Total 260 205 153 33(21.6)g 87(56.9) 27(17.6) 6(3.9)
a

BBWV2: Broad bean wilt virus 2

b

The abbreviation represented as follows; GG: Gyeonggi-do, CN: Chungcheongnam-do, CB: Chungcheongbuk-do, JB: Jeollabuk-do, JN: Jeollanam-do, GW: Gangwon-do, GB: Gyeongsangbuk-do and GN: Gyeongsangnam-do

c

% in total

d

GS-I strain: Group I of both RNA-1 and RNA-2

e

GS-III strain: Group I of RNA-1 and Group II of RNA-2

f

GS-I+GS-III strain: Group I of RNA-1 and Group I & II of RNA-2

g

GS-I+GS-II+GS-III strain: Group I & II of RNA-1 and Group I & II of RNA-2

h

% in total.