• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2002

A survey of virus infection in garlic plants cultivated in Korea was conducted for three years. Most virus-infected garlic plants (Allium sativum) showed typical symptoms on the leaves such as yellow mosaic, stripes, and distortion. Through immunosorbent electron micro-scopy and RT-PCR analysis, the complex mixtures of viruses including garlic viruses of the genus Allerivirus, gaylic strain of Leek yellow stripe virus of the genus Potyvirus, and Garlic latent virus of the genus Carlavirus were identified in the virus-infected garlic plants. Among these viruses, Allexivirus was the most frequently detect-ed in the regions surveyed. Using sets of differential primers for Allexivirus genomes, two members of the genus were amplified and sequenced from the purified viruses. The deduced amino acid sequences for the coat proteins and the nucleic acid binding proteins of two viruses showed high homologies to Garlic virus A (CarV-A) and Garlic virus D (GarV-D) of Allekivirus. This is the first report of GarV-A and GarV-D in Korea. This suggests that Allexivirus in gavlic plants in Korea was mixed and varied. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the genus Allexivirus was diversi(ied by the processes of accumulation and evolution of viruses in garlic plants due to the long period of repeated vegetative propagation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1833-1840
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• 2007

Viruses in garlic plants (Allium sativum L.) have accumulated and evolved over generations, resulting in serious consequences for the garlic trade around the world. These viral epidemics are also known to be caused by aphids and eriophyid mites (Aceria tulipae) carrying Potyviruses, Carlaviruses, and Allexiviruses. However, little is known about viral epidemics in garlic plants caused by eriophyid mites. Therefore, this study investigated the infection of garlic plants with Allexiviruses by eriophyid mites. When healthy garlic plants were cocultured with eriophyid mites, the leaves of the garlic plants developed yellow mosaic strips and became distorted. In extracts from the eriophyid mites, Allexiviruses were observed using immunosorbent electron microscopy (ISEM). From an immunoblot analysis, coat proteins against an Allexivirus garlic-virus antiserum were clearly identified in purified extracts from collected viral-infected garlic plants, eriophyid mites, and garlic plants infected by eriophyid mites. A new strain of GarV-B was isolated and named GarV-B Korea isolate 1 (GarV-B1). The ORF1 and ORF2 in GarV-B1 contained a typical viral helicase, RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRp), and triple gene block protein (TGBp) for viral movement between cells. The newly identified GarV-B1 was phylogenetically grouped with GarV-C and GarV-X in the Allexivirus genus. All the results in this study demonstrated that eriophyid mites are a transmitter insect species for Allexiviruses.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.266-271
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• 2007

The genomes of different allexiviruses were isolated and cloned from virus-infected garlic plants (Allium sativum), which were collected from farm fields in the southern provinces in Korea. The partial nucleotide sequences of the genomes from different allexiviruses were clearly identified in the virus-infected garlic plants. The cloned partial genomes of viruses in garlic plants showed a greater than 90% homology to previously identified allexiviruses and classified into species of GarV-A, -B, -C, -D, -E, and -X, demonstrating that species of allexivirus found in the other countries in the world are also widely distributed in the garlic plants in Korea.

• 식물병연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.66-74
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• 2011

2005년 울릉도에 자생하고 있는 산마늘에 대하여 바이러스병을 조사하기 위하여 성인봉 부근에서 61점의 시료를 채집하였다. 채집한 시료를 동정하기 위해 전자현미경 검경과 종 특이적 프라이머(GCLV, LYSV, SLV, OYDV) 및 속 특이적 프라이머(Allexivirus)를 이용하여 RT-PCR을 각각 수행하였다. 전자현미경 검경을 실시한 결과 61점의 시료중 4점의 시료에서 600~900 nm의 긴 사상형 입자가 관찰되었으며, RT-PCR 진단결과 SLV가 4점, 이 중 하나는 Allexivirus가 복합감염되었다. 바이러스에 감염된 산마늘은 외관상으로 병징을 나타내지 않았다. RT-PCR 분석결과 SLV와 Allexivirus로 동정된 울릉도 산마늘 바이러스의 외피단백질 유전자 염기서열을 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과, SLV로 분류된 울릉도 산마늘 바이러스 개체간은 약 99%의 상동성을 가지고 있었으며, 이전에 보고된 다양한 SLV와 GLV의 strain과의 염기 서열의 비교에서는 75.7~83.7%의 상동성을 보였으며 아미노산 서열의 비교는 89.2~97.0%의 높은 상동성을 나타냈다. 또한 산마늘에서 검출된 GarV-A는 이전에 마늘에서 보고된 GarV-A와 99.2% 외피단백질 유전자 염기서열 상동성을 보였으며, 아미노산 서열은 98% 상동성을 보였다. 그러나 다른 Allexiviruses(GarV-C, GarV-E, GarV-X, GMbMV and Shal X)와 아미노산 서열을 비교한 결과 60.6%~81.5%의 상대적으로 낮은 상동성을 보였다. 이러한 자료들을 바탕으로 산마늘에서 분리한 SLV와 GarV-A를 각각 SLV-Ulleungdo와 GarV-A-Ulleungdo로 명명하였다. 본 논문은 산마늘에서 발생하는 바이러스에 대한 첫 번째 보고이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1110-1114
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• 2005

Six viruses of the genera Carlavirus (Garlic mosaic virus, GarMV, and Garlic latent virus, GarLV), Allexivirus (Garlic virus X, GarV-X, and Garlic mite-borne filamentous virus, GarMbFV) and Potyvirus (Leek yellow stripe virus, LYSV, and Onion yellow dwarf virus, OYDV) from Korean garlic plants with mosaic symptoms were simultaneously detected by multiplex RT-PCR and subsequently sequenced. An immunocapture RT-PCR for the detection of GarLV, LYSV, and OYDV was also performed. The coat protein phylogenetic analysis of the garlic viruses showed that the Korean isolates were most closely related to the isolates from China, Japan, Brazil, and Argentina. This study is the first report for the differentiation of six garlic viruses in Korea by simultaneous detection using multiplex RT-PCR.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2015

Garlic generally becomes coinfected with several types of viruses belonging to the Potyvirus, Carlavirus, and Allexivirus genera. These viruses produce characteristically similar symptoms, they cannot be easily identified by electron microscopy (EM) or immunological detection methods, and they are currently widespread around the world, thereby affecting crop yields and crop quality adversely. For the early and reliable detection of garlic viruses, virus-specific sets of primers, including species-specific and genus-specific primers were designed. To effectively detect the twelve different types of garlic viruses, primer mixtures were tested and divided into two independent sets for multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The multiplex PCR assays were able to detect specific targets up to the similar dilution series with monoplex reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. Seventy-two field samples collected by the Gyeongbuk Agricultural Technology Administration were analyzed by multiplex RT-PCR. All seventy two samples were infected with at least one virus, and the coinfection rate was 78%. We conclude that the simultaneous detection system developed in this study can effectively detect and differentiate mixed viral infections in garlic.