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A D Branch1, B J Benenfeld, E R Franck

  • 1Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.

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|April 1, 1988
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Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV) can interfere with the replication of hop stunt viroid (HSV) in tomato plants. This interaction influences disease severity, suggesting complex viroid-viroid relationships in host infections.

Area of Science:

  • Plant Pathology
  • Molecular Virology
  • RNA Biology

Background:

  • Viroids are small, non-protein-coding RNA pathogens that infect plants.
  • Interactions between different viroid species within a single host are not well understood.
  • Understanding viroid interactions is crucial for managing plant diseases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interaction between potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV) and hop stunt viroid (HSV) in tomato plants.
  • To determine if PSTV influences HSV replication and symptom development.
  • To explore the mechanisms underlying viroid interference.

Main Methods:

  • Inoculation of tomato plants with mixed viroid isolates and dual transcripts.
  • Symptom assessment for disease severity.

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  • Dot hybridization for detecting and quantifying viroid RNA replication.
  • Analysis of RNA transcripts from cloned DNA templates.

    • Main Results:

    • Severe PSTV isolate dominated mild PSTV, causing unattenuated severe symptoms even with excess mild isolate.
    • PSTV sequences interfered with HSV RNA replication in plants inoculated with mixed transcripts.
    • Plants inoculated with dual PSTV-HSV transcripts showed severe PSTV symptoms, with only PSTV replicating detectably.
    • HSV replication was suppressed, likely due to interference from PSTV.

    Conclusions:

    • PSTV can interfere with the replication of HSV, suggesting a competitive interaction.
    • Viroid-viroid interference plays a role in determining disease outcome and symptom expression.
    • These findings provide insights into viroid replication mechanisms and host-pathogen interactions, prompting new models for RNA effects in cells.