Cotton leaf curl virus
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Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Floreoviria |
| Kingdom: | Shotokuvirae |
| Phylum: | Cressdnaviricota |
| Class: | Repensiviricetes |
| Order: | Geplafuvirales |
| Family: | Geminiviridae |
| Genus: | Begomovirus |
| Groups included | |
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| Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | |
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All other Begomovirus species | |
Cotton leaf curl viruses (CLCuV) are a number of plant pathogenic virus species of the family Geminiviridae.
In Asia and Africa the major disease of cotton is caused by the Cotton leaf curl geminivirus (CLCuV). Leaves of infected cotton curl upward and bear leaf-like enations on the underside along with vein thickening. Plants infected early in the season are stunted and yield is reduced drastically. (A. Nadeem and Z. Xiong, University of Arizona) This virus devastated the Pakistan cotton industry in early 1990s where it caused an estimated yield reduction of 30-35%.
Description
White flies (Bemisia tabaci) transmit the virus; plant to plant or seed transmission has not been observed.[1] The virus is a circular single strand DNA virus subtending six proteins.[2] All Begomovirus species causing cotton leaf curl disease have geminate particles, approximately 18-20 nm in diameter and 30 nm long and a circular, single-stranded DNA genome. All except Cotton leaf crumple virus have a monopartite genome, with all viral products required for replication, systemic movement and whitefly transmission encoded on a single DNA component of c. 2.75 kB (DNA A). The genome of CLCrV is bipartite. Two smaller, circular, single-stranded DNA molecules, named DNA 1 and DNA β, are associated with a range of monopartite begomoviruses from the Old World including the cotton leaf curl viruses. These molecules are regarded as satellite molecules as they depend on the helper begomovirus to support one or more stages of their infection cycle (movement and insect transmission for both molecules and, additionally, replication in the case of DNA β). DNA β is symptom-modulating and typical cotton leaf curl disease symptoms only develop when this molecule is present: in the absence of DNA β, the concentration of viral DNA (DNA A) is low and the symptoms of infection very mild. DNA β has a single open reading frame (βC1 ORF), which encodes a suppressor of RNA silencing. DNA 1 is homologous to the DNA-R component of the nanoviruses and encodes a master replication initiator (M-Rep) protein but its presence does not alter symptom expression. (Corresponding author: Dr Andrew Geering 2007)
Plant defense
The cotton genome contains resistance genes, namely R1CLCuDhir and R2CLCuDhi, which provide resistance to pathogen transmission via cell death in cells neighboring infected cells.[1] In addition the βC1protein indirectly interferes with plant hormone signaling which results in clustering of the virally infected cells.[1] The plant resistance to against CLCuV was described by Ali (1997, 1999) that the CLCuV resistance was controlled by single dominate gene, and could be transferred to any cultivar by using back cross technique.
Epidemics
CLCuV was first described in 1967 in Multan, Pakistan.[3] The virus turned epidemic in Pakistan in the 1992-1993 growing season causing the yield to decline to 8.04 million bales,[4] a 29% decrease from the previous year.[5] In the 1993-1994 growing season, the yield decreased to 9.05 million bales,[4] a 10% decrease.[5] The disease spread north and west through Pakistan's fields. Between 1992 and 1997, the losses in Pakistan cotton yield is calculated to be approximately five billion dollars.[6] Similarly, the virus has impacted cotton production in India, particularly the northwest, through 2018.[7]
Prevention and control
- Use resistant or tolerant cultivars
- Protect seedlings from whiteflies
- Use only good seeds and healthy transplants
- Control whiteflies
- Immediately remove infected-looking plants and bury them
- Control weeds
- Do not plant cotton near tomato and/or other crops susceptible to whiteflies or vice-versa.
- Use acephate-imidacloprid at 50% - 1.8% respectively, at every seven days.
- Plow-under all plant debris after harvest or burn them when possible
- Practice crop rotation by planting crops that are not susceptible to whitefly
References
- 1 2 3 Nadeem, Sahar; Riaz Ahmed, Syed; Luqman, Tahira; Tan, Daniel K. Y.; Maryum, Zahra; Akhtar, Khalid Pervaiz; Muhy Ud Din Khan, Sana; Tariq, Muhammad Sayyam; Muhammad, Nazar; Khan, Muhammad Kashif Riaz; Liu, Yongming (2024). "A comprehensive review on Gossypium hirsutum resistance against cotton leaf curl virus". Frontiers in Genetics. 15 1306469. doi:10.3389/fgene.2024.1306469. ISSN 1664-8021. PMC 10909863. PMID 38440193.
- ↑ Mahmood, Muhammad Arslan; Ahmed, Nasim; Hussain, Athar; Naqvi, Rubab Zahra; Amin, Imran; Mansoor, Shahid (2024-06-12). "Dominance of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus-Rajasthan strain associated with third epidemic of cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 13532. Bibcode:2024NatSR..1413532M. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-63211-8. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 11169534. PMID 38866855.
- ↑ "Cotton Leaf Curl Kokhran Virus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
- 1 2 Farooq, Amjad; Farooq, Jehanzeb; Mahmood, Abid; Shakeel, Amir; Rehman, K. Abdul; Batool, Asia; Riaz, Muhammad; Shahid, Muhammad Tasdiq Hussain; Mehboob, Saira (January 2011). "An overview of cotton leaf curl virus disease (CLCuD) a serious threat to cotton productivity". Australian Journal of Crop Science. 5 (13): 1823–1831.
- 1 2 "Pakistan Cotton Yield by Year (KG/HA)". www.indexmundi.com. Retrieved 2026-05-21.
- ↑ Briddon, R.W; Markham, P.G (2000-11-01). "Cotton leaf curl virus disease". Virus Research. 71 (1–2): 151–159. doi:10.1016/S0168-1702(00)00195-7. ISSN 0168-1702. PMID 11137169.
- ↑ Biswas, Kajal Kumar; Bhattacharyya, Utpal Kumar; Palchoudhury, Supratik; Balram, Nenavath; Kumar, Anil; Arora, Rupesh; Sain, Satish Kumar; Kumar, Pradeep; Khetarpal, Ravi K.; Sanyal, Amitava; Mandal, Pranab Kumar (2020-04-22). "Dominance of recombinant cotton leaf curl Multan-Rajasthan virus associated with cotton leaf curl disease outbreak in northwest India". PLOS ONE. 15 (4) e0231886. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1531886B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231886. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7176085. PMID 32320461.
- Xiong, Z.; Nadeem, A.; Weng, Z.; Nelson, M. (2004): Cotton leaf curl virus is distinct from cotton leaf crumple virus. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arizona.
- Corresponding author: DrAndrew Geering (2007) Cotton leaf curl Multan virus and others genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae, retrieved November 15, 2007
- Xie Y, Liu Y*, Meng M, Chen L and Zhu Z*. Isolation and identification of a super strong plant promoter from cotton leaf curl Multan virus, Plant Molecular biology, Plant Molecular Biology 53(1), 1–14, 2003 (*corresponding author)
- Leaf curl virus. (n.d)., retrieved November 15, 2007
- Dr. Mahboob Ali and Dr. Zahoor Ahmed Journal of Research (Science), Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan 2004 Archived 2006-09-25 at the Wayback Machine çPDF)