POTYVIRUS INFECTION ON GROUNDNUT IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA
POTYVIRUS INFECTION ON GROUNDNUT IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA
POTYVIRUS INFECTION ON GROUNDNUT IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA
12(11), 939-942
Article DOI:10.21474/IJAR01/19905
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/19905
RESEARCH ARTICLE
POTYVIRUS INFECTION ON GROUNDNUT IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Swarna Lekha S.1, Anitha R.2, Harika M.S1 and Munusami A.1
1. Research Scholar, Department of Botany, Bharathi Women’s College, George Town, Broadway, Chennai-
600108, Tamil Nadu, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Bharathi Women’s College, George Town, Broadway, Chennai-
600108, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Manuscript Info Abstract
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Manuscript History Groundnut is one of the major oil seed cropthat is commercially and
Received: 11 September 2024 economically important. Groundnuts are rich in proteins and other
Final Accepted: 21 October 2024 essential elements. This crop is susceptible to virus, bacteria and
Published: November 2024 fungal infections. One such serious viral infection is caused by a large
group of virus belonging to Potyvirus, which leads to the yield loss.
Key words:-
Groundnut, Potyvirus, ELISA Potyvirus show symptoms of Mottling, Vein Clearing, extreme mosaic,
sometimes they may be asymptomatic also. Potyviruses occur both in
seeds and on the plants. Incidence of Poty virus was screened in leaf
and seed samples collected from Tamilnadu,India. About 43.75% of the
sample were positive for Potyvirus of which 50% of leaves and 50 % of
seeds were infected.
One of the viral disease is caused by potyvirus belonging to the family Potyviridae. Potyvirus named after Potato
Virus Y (PVY) is one of the largest groups in plant virus has 180 members distinctly which is 30 % of all known
plant virus that affects agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plants. This virus has a significant inclusion body
which may be pinwheel or scroll shaped. Virions are rod and flexuous, 680 to900 nanometres long with 11 to 15
nanometres wide made of 2000 units of structural proteins (Riechmann et al., 1992). Potyvirus made of ssRNA, i.e.
Single Stranded RNA which is about 10 kb long and it is surrounded by 2000 copies of Coat protein units (Urcuqui-
Inchima et al., 2001). Speaking about the yield loss due to potyvirus, Potato Virus Y and Plum Pox virus of
potyvirus occupy top 10 position in causing yield loss.Transmission of Potyvirus is mainly through aphids and
sometimes seed borne (Ivanov et al., 2014). Symptoms of the potyvirus include mosaic stripe, mottling, vein
clearing and banding, necrosisor chlorosis, flower breaking and yield losses (Sharma et al., 2014).
The main objective of the studyis to determine the disease severity of potyviruses both qualitative and quantitatively
in Tamilnadu.
Results:-
Most of the potyvirus can be detected using serological techniques. Indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assays
(Indirect ELISA) can be performed for practical purpose and easily detect more plant samples (Nascimento et al.,
2017). On adding the stop solution visibility of yellow colour indicates the sample to be positive . However , the
colour variation depends on the viral load. Of the 31samples of leaf and seed respectively 43.75% were positive.
The overall percentage of the severity of Potyvirus in Tamilnadu was 43.75% .
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Conclusion:-
Both seeds and leaves 43.75 % of the samples tested positive. It is evident from the study that Potyviruses prevail in
the field of Tamilnadu and it is also seed borne in nature. Confirmation on the seed borne nature needs further
investigation.
Acknowledgement:-
We thank our Principal and Head of the Department, Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai for Providing the
laboratory facilities. Also we thank Life Technologies for providing the Potyvirus ELISA Kit.
Authors Biography:
All the authors are from Department of Botany, Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai 600108, Tamilnadu, India.
Corresponding Author is Assistant Professor and all other authors are Research Scholars. All the information
provided above are true and there is no conflict of interest.
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