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    A Virus-Derived Stacked RNAi Construct Confers Robust Resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease

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    Beyene, Getu
    Chauhan, Raj Deepika
    Ilyas, Muhammad
    Wagaba, Henry
    Fauquet, Claude M.
    Miano, Douglas
    Alicai, Titus
    Taylor, Nigel J.
    Affiliation
    Univ Arizona, Sch Plant Sci
    Issue Date
    2017-01-18
    Keywords
    cassava brown streak disease (CBSD)
    resistance to CBSD
    RNAi
    TME 204
    transgenic
    siRNA
    CBSV
    UCBSV
    
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    FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
    Citation
    A Virus-Derived Stacked RNAi Construct Confers Robust Resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease 2017, 7 Frontiers in Plant Science
    Journal
    Frontiers in Plant Science
    Rights
    © 2017 Beyene, Chauhan, Ilyas, Wagaba, Fauquet, Miano, Alicai and Taylor. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
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    This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
    Abstract
    Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) threatens food and economic security for smallholder farmers throughout East and Central Africa, and poses a threat to cassava production in West Africa. CBSD is caused by two whitefly-transmitted virus species: Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV) (Genus: Ipomovirus, Family Potyviridae). Although varying levels of tolerance have been achieved through conventional breeding, to date, effective resistance to CBSD within East African cassava germplasm has not been identified. RNAi technology was utilized to integrate CBSD resistance into the Ugandan farmer-preferred cassava cultivar TME 204. Transgenic plant lines were generated expressing an inverted repeat construct (p5001) derived from coat-protein (CP) sequences of CBSV and UCBSV fused in tandem. Northern blots using probes specific for each CP sequence were performed to characterize 169 independent transgenic lines for accumulation of CP-derived siRNAs. Transgenic plant lines accumulating low, medium and high levels of siRNAs were bud graft challenged with the virulent CBSV Naliendele isolate alone or in combination with UCBSV. Resistance to CBSD in the greenhouse directly correlated to levels of CP-derived siRNAs as determined by visual assessment of leaf and storage root symptoms, and RT-PCR diagnosis for presence of the pathogens. Low expressing lines were found to be susceptible to CBSV and UCBSV, while medium to high accumulating plant lines were resistant to both virus species. Absence of detectable virus in the best performing p5001 transgenic lines was further confirmed by back-inoculation via sap or graft challenge to CBSD susceptible Nicotiana benthamiana and cassava cultivar 60444, respectively. Data presented shows robust resistance of transgenic p5001 TME 204 lines to both CBSV and UCBSV under greenhouse conditions. Levels of resistance correlated directly with levels of transgene derived siRNA expression such that the latter can be used as predictor of resistance to CBSD.
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    ISSN
    1664-462X
    DOI
    10.3389/fpls.2016.02052
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    Final published version
    Sponsors
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPPGD1485]; United States Agency for International Development from the American people (USAID) [AID-EDH-A-00-09-00010]; Monsanto Fund
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    http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.02052/full
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    10.3389/fpls.2016.02052
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