Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal

As one of the world's largest lentil producers, Nepal’s lentil industry faces significant threats from biotic and abiotic factors. Fungal diseases are well known however the impact of viral diseases on lentil production is less clear. A comprehensive survey was conducted in 21 districts from six pro...

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Main Authors: Khadka, Ram, Kumari, Safaa, Van Leur, Joop
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: Australasian Plant Pathology Society 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159867
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Kumari, Safaa
Van Leur, Joop
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description As one of the world's largest lentil producers, Nepal’s lentil industry faces significant threats from biotic and abiotic factors. Fungal diseases are well known however the impact of viral diseases on lentil production is less clear. A comprehensive survey was conducted in 21 districts from six provinces and all agroecological regions of Nepal during the 2023-24 lentil growing season to document the presence of lentil viruses. Disease assessments were done in 94 fields using standard survey protocols. A 4911 random and 1785 systematic plant samples were collected and tested for the presence of viruses using tissue-blot immuneassay (TBIA); a battery of polyclonal (PAb) and monoclonal (MAb) antibodies were used. TBIA results showed that the most prevalent viruses affecting lentil were Pea seed-borne mosaic virus (PSbMV) (overall incidence in random samples was 12.24%) and luteoviruses (4.95%) that reacted with the broad-spectrum luteovirid MAb (5G4) and other MAbs produced against viruses belong to the genus Polerovirus, family Solemoviridae. This indicates that there are more luteoviral species in Nepal, which need to be verified by further molecular testing. Other viruses such as Alfalfa mosaic virus and Cucumber mosaic virus were detected at low incidence (less than 1%). All tested samples were negative to Faba bean necrotic yellows virus, Chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus, Pea enation mosaic virus and Broad bean stain virus. The high incidence of PSbMV highlights the necessity for seed testing in the lentil seed certification system. The widespread occurrence of viruses in lentils in Nepal has the potential to cause serious yield losses. The results of this survey will provide the basic information to support Nepal's lentil breeding program in developing virusresistant varieties
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spelling CGSpace1598672025-12-08T09:54:28Z Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal Khadka, Ram Kumari, Safaa Van Leur, Joop detection lentil incidence prevalence plant virus As one of the world's largest lentil producers, Nepal’s lentil industry faces significant threats from biotic and abiotic factors. Fungal diseases are well known however the impact of viral diseases on lentil production is less clear. A comprehensive survey was conducted in 21 districts from six provinces and all agroecological regions of Nepal during the 2023-24 lentil growing season to document the presence of lentil viruses. Disease assessments were done in 94 fields using standard survey protocols. A 4911 random and 1785 systematic plant samples were collected and tested for the presence of viruses using tissue-blot immuneassay (TBIA); a battery of polyclonal (PAb) and monoclonal (MAb) antibodies were used. TBIA results showed that the most prevalent viruses affecting lentil were Pea seed-borne mosaic virus (PSbMV) (overall incidence in random samples was 12.24%) and luteoviruses (4.95%) that reacted with the broad-spectrum luteovirid MAb (5G4) and other MAbs produced against viruses belong to the genus Polerovirus, family Solemoviridae. This indicates that there are more luteoviral species in Nepal, which need to be verified by further molecular testing. Other viruses such as Alfalfa mosaic virus and Cucumber mosaic virus were detected at low incidence (less than 1%). All tested samples were negative to Faba bean necrotic yellows virus, Chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus, Pea enation mosaic virus and Broad bean stain virus. The high incidence of PSbMV highlights the necessity for seed testing in the lentil seed certification system. The widespread occurrence of viruses in lentils in Nepal has the potential to cause serious yield losses. The results of this survey will provide the basic information to support Nepal's lentil breeding program in developing virusresistant varieties 2024-10-31 2024-11-15T20:27:24Z 2024-11-15T20:27:24Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159867 en Open Access application/pdf Australasian Plant Pathology Society Ram B. Khadka, Safaa Kumari and Joop van Leur. 2024. Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal. page: 34. In: 15 Australasian Plant Virology Workshop, 29 - 31 October 2024, Gold Coast, Australia.
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lentil
incidence
prevalence
plant virus
Khadka, Ram
Kumari, Safaa
Van Leur, Joop
Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal
title Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal
title_full Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal
title_fullStr Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal
title_short Prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in Nepal
title_sort prevalence and incidence of lentil viruses in nepal
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lentil
incidence
prevalence
plant virus
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