Detection of isometric, dsRNA-containing viral particles in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolated from cashew tree

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Abstract

Fungi are disease-causing agents in plants and affect crops of economic importance. One control method is to induce resistance in the host by using biological control with hypovirulent phytopathogenic fungi. Here, we report the detection of a mycovirus in a strain of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose of cashew tree. The strain C. gloeosporioides URM 4903 was isolated from a cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale) in Igarassu, PE, Brazil. After nucleic acid extraction and electrophoresis, the band corresponding to a possible double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) was purifed by cellulose column chromatography. Nine extrachromosomal bands were obtained. Enzymatic digestion with DNAse I and Nuclease S1 had no effect on these bands, indicating their dsRNA nature. Transmission electron microscopic examination of extracts from this strain showed the presence of isometric particles (30-35 nm in diameter). These data strongly suggest the infection of this C. gloeosporioides strain by a dsRNA mycovirus. Once the hypovirulence of this strain is confrmed, the strain may be used for the biological control of cashew anthracnose. © the Brazilian Phytopathological Society.

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de Figueirêdo, L. C., de Figueirêdo, G. S., Giancoli, Á. C. H., Tanaka, F. A. O., da Silva, L. A. O., Kitajima, E. W., … Azevedo, J. L. (2012). Detection of isometric, dsRNA-containing viral particles in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolated from cashew tree. Tropical Plant Pathology, 37(2), 142–145. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1982-56762012000200007

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