Microbes affected the TYLCCNV transmission rate by the Q biotype whitefly under high O3

Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 31;7(1):14412. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14023-6.

Abstract

Ozone (O3) is a major air pollutant that has a profound effect on whole ecosystems. In this study we studied how hO3 affected the transmission of the Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV), a begomovirus, by the Q biotype Bemisia tabaci in a persistent, circulative manner. We found hO3 affected the transmission of TYLCCNV via the effect of it on the microbial community of the transmitting insect, such as Candidatus Hamiltonella, Ralstonia, Diaphorobacter, Caldilineaceae, Deinococcus, Rickettsia, Thysanophora penicillioides and Wallemia ichthyophaga. We concluded that hO3 decreased the resistance of acquiring virus tomatoes, and decreased the immune response and increased the endurance to extreme environments of viruliferous whiteflies by altering the composition and abundance of the microbial environments inside the body and on the surface of whitefly, as a result, it enhanced the TYLCV transmission rate by the Q biotype whitefly.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants / adverse effects*
  • Animals
  • Begomovirus* / metabolism
  • Disease Resistance
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Hemiptera / immunology
  • Hemiptera / microbiology*
  • Hemiptera / virology
  • Insect Vectors / immunology
  • Insect Vectors / microbiology*
  • Insect Vectors / virology
  • Microbiota / physiology
  • Ozone / adverse effects*
  • Plant Diseases / immunology
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology
  • Plant Diseases / virology
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Solanum lycopersicum / immunology
  • Solanum lycopersicum / virology

Substances

  • Air Pollutants
  • Plant Proteins
  • Ozone

Supplementary concepts

  • Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus