Double-stranded RNA viruses infecting Epichloe festucae

Authors

  • M. Romo
  • A. Leuchtmann
  • B. García
  • I. Zabalgogeazcoa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/rps.13.2006.3059

Abstract

Some isolates of Epichloë festucae are asymptomatically infected by Epichloë festucae virus 1 (EfV1), a member of the family Totiviridae. This virus has a genome composed by a 5109 bp molecule of double stranded RNA (dsRNA). In addition, a 3 kbp dsRNA molecule which could be the genome of another virus (EfV2) was frequently found in isolates of the fungal endophyte. In a survey of two populations of E. festucae it was found that 73% of the isolates were infected by one or both viruses. Although both viruses are very efficiently transmitted to conidia, a barrier to virus transmission occurs during ascospore formation. Keywords: Epichloë festucae, virus, dsRNA, Totivirus

Downloads

Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Romo, M., Leuchtmann, A., García, B., & Zabalgogeazcoa, I. (2007). Double-stranded RNA viruses infecting Epichloe festucae. NZGA: Research and Practice Series, 13, 207–209. https://doi.org/10.33584/rps.13.2006.3059

Issue

Vol. 13 (2007): 6th International Symposium on Fungal Endophytes of Grasses

Section

Past volumes

License

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Rights granted to the New Zealand Grassland Association through this agreement are non-exclusive. You are free to publish the work(s) elsewhere and no ownership is assumed by the NZGA when storing or curating an electronic version of the work(s). The author(s) will receive no monetary return from the Association for the use of material contained in the manuscript. If I am one of several co-authors, I hereby confirm that I am authorized by my co-authors to grant this Licence as their agent on their behalf. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes the rights to supply the article in electronic and online forms and systems.