Tobamovirus and Potyvirus Accumulation in Minor Veins of Inoculated Leaves from Representatives of the Solanaceae and Fabaceae¹

Xin Shun Ding, Shelly A. Carter, C. Michael Deom, and Richard S. Nelson^*

Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, P.O. Box 2180, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 (X.S.D., S.A.C., R.S.N.); and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Miller Plant Science Building, Athens, Georgia 30602 (C.M.D.)

Virus invasion of minor veins in inoculated leaves of a host is the likely prelude to systemic movement of the pathogen and to subsequent yield reduction and quality loss. In this study we have analyzed the cell number and arrangement in minor veins within mature leaves of various members of the Solanaceae and Fabaceae families. We then monitored the accumulation pattern of several tobamoviruses and potyviruses in these veins at the time of rapid, phloem-mediated movement of viruses. Vascular parenchyma cells were the predominant and sometimes only cells to become visibly infected among the cells surrounding the sieve elements in minor veins containing 9 to 12 cells. In no instance did we observe a companion cell infected without a vascular parenchyma cell also being infected in the same vein. This suggests that the viruses used in this study first enter the vascular parenchyma cells and then the companion cells during invasion. The lack of detectable infection of smooth-walled companion or transfer cells, respectively, from inoculated leaves of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and pea (Pisum sativum) during a period of known rapid, phloem-mediated movement suggests that some viruses may be able to circumvent these cells in establishing phloem-mediated infection. The cause of the barrier to virus accumulation in the companion or transfer cells, the relationship of this barrier to previously identified barriers for virus or photoassimilate transport, and the relevance of these findings to photoassimilate transport models are discussed.

Plant Physiol. (1998) 116: 125-136
Copyright Clearance Center:   0032-0889/98/116/0125/12
© 1998 American Society of Plant Physiologists

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