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The harm of plant virus disease is serious, which significantly restricts the sustainable development of agriculture and can cause huge economic losses. Monitoring plant health and early detection of viral pathogens are essential to reduce the spread of disease. Therefore, in order to realize the early detection of plant viral diseases in the field, a sensitive, specific and efficient colorimetric visual technique for plant viral RNA was designed by combining the colorimetric method based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and hybrid chain reaction (HCR). In this study, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was used as a model to design two hairpin structures H1/ H2 with single-stranded tails based on TMV-specific conserved fragments. TMV could open the hairpin structure to alternately form long double-straight DNA. The binding difference between AuNPs and two nucleic acid states before and after HCR reaction resulted in colorimetric signal generation, thus realizing visual detection of TMV. After optimizing the concentration of Tris-HAc, the concentration of hairpin structure and the reaction time of HCR, the best detection conditions were obtained. The sensitivity and specificity of the technique were analyzed and real samples were tested under optimal conditions. The results showed that the absorbance ratio of AuNPs (A
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We performed an extensively targeting metabolomic detecting using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) to compare the secondary metabolites in Dang shen [Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.] from Shanxi and Gansu provinces. The findings showed that 161 secondary metabolites in 6 groups (phenolic acids, flavonoids, lignans and coumarins, alkaloids, terpenoids, others) were found from Dang shen in Changzhi city of Shanxi province and Dingxi city of Gansu province. There were 98 secondary metabolites which is differed significantly. In comparison to Dingxi city, 33 different secondary metabolites of Dang shen in Changzhi city had a greater relative content, whereas relative content of 65 different metabolites in Dingxi city was higher. Metabolic pathway enrichment analysis revealed that phenolic acids and flavonoids were significantly different in the secondary metabolites of Dang shen from different producing places. This may be one of the reasons for the difference in the quality of Dang shen in Shanxi and Gansu provinces. This work compared and analyzed the secondary metabolites of Dang shen from Dingxi city in Gansu province and Changzhi city in Shanxi province for the first time, which lays the foundation for further study on the quality of Dang shen.
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Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a critical pathogen that reduces the soybean yield and seed quality worldwide, and SMV has a restricted natural host range. In this study, we used sequence-independent amplification (SIA) methods to identify the viruses that may cause the Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz disease. Results revealed that there is SMV in diseased Atractylodes macrocephala leaves, and we named this isolate as SMV-Am. To further characterize the genomic structural and phylogenetic relationships of SMV-Am, genomic dsRNA was extracted, and the genomic sequence was amplified by RT-PCR and RACE. The results of bioinformatics analysis showed that the genomic RNA of SMV-Am is 9587 nucleotides in length, which conforms to the typical characteristics of Potyvirus. According to the sequence alignment of complete nucleotide sequences, SMV-Am showed the highest level of nucleotide homology and amino acid sequences to SMV-Liaoning, 96. 57% and 98. 86%, respectively. In addition, phylogenetic analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of other SMV isolates of SMV-Am revealed that SMV-Am was most closely related to SMV-Liaoning. Then, the SMV-Am protein was further analyzed by I-TASSER and PyMOL software, revealing that the key amino acid mutations led to the structural changes of P1, HC-Pro, P3, 6K2, NIa-pro and NIb proteins, with P1 the most obvious. Finally, recombination has been detected at the position of 6560-8950 nucleotides, the main parent is the isolate SMV-XFQ012 (accession number KP710875. 1), and the secondary parent is isolate SMV-pCB301-SC15 (accession number MH919386. 1). This study is the first report of SMV in Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz, and these results are expected to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of SMV infection on Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.
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Plant virus diseases are one of the major diseases restricting erop production.Timely identification of their pathogen and development rules is the prerequisite for effective control of their large- scale spread.However, long cycle, tedious steps and strict detection environment were the disadvantages existing in the detection technology of plant virus disease.In this study, Tobacco Mosaic virus (TMV) was used as a model to he extract UNA based on CMBs-ACPtmv , which was design based on the principle of complementary base pairing.Meanwhile, the experimental conditions were optimized and analyzed, including the preparation conditions of functionalized magnetic beads, the reaction conditions during extraction, and the sensitivity, stability and other properties of the method.The results showed the ability to capture RNA of CMBs-ACPtmv were best when prepared with 4 fxmol capture probe (ACPTMV ) and 0.08 mg carboxyl magnetic beads (CMBs) ; After 3 min of extraction, CMBs-ACPtmv has the best RNA extraction effect, but when the extraction temperature of CMBs-ACPtmv was changed, its extraction capacity showed no significant change; In the comprehensive performance evaluation, the sensitivity of CMBs-ACPjjjv can reach 2.5 ng/fxL, and the detection stability is good.Compared with conventional RNA extraction technology, CMBs-ACPimv has outstanding advantages in detection time and sample consumption.The functional magnetic beads extraction method established in this study is fast, safe and simple.It can achieve rapid extraction of plant virus RNA with simple equipment, which has a broad application prospect.
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Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is a destructive cucurbit virus that causes extensive losses in the yield and quality of cucurbits (e.g., zucchini). At present, the analysis of genetic evolution of ZYMV is mainly based on CP sequence, and there has been little progress in addressing its phylogenetic relationships and evolution at the whole genome level. In this study, the whole genome sequences of ZYMV isolated from Shanxi Wenshui (ZYMV-WS) and 109 other reported ZYMV isolates were used to explore their phylogenetic relationships. The results showed that ZYMV-WS had the highest level of nucleotide homology (94.35%) to ZYMV-SXSG, and the amino acid sequences of ZYMV-BR3 were identical (97.37%) to those of ZYMV-WS. In addition, the phylogenetic analysis of ZYMV revealed that all the isolates were clustered into two major branches, and its population structure assessment demonstrated a marked genetic differentiation between A4 and B. Furthermore, we also discovered the sites of specific amino-acid alteration, and their possible association with functional changes. These results will help to better understand the genetic diversity and phylogenetic process of ZYMV, and lay a theoretical foundation for the effective prevention and control of ZYMV infection in the near future.
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MP-Rep fusion gene which size is about 1000bp was constructed by recombinant PCR technique.In order to construct fusion gene,Tobacco mosaic virus(TMV) partial movement protein gene(MP) and Cucumber mosaic virus(CMV) partial replicase gene(rep) were ligated.Two copies of MP-Rep fusion gene were ligated with soybean intron in inverted repeat manner,the recombinant fragments were then inserted into binary vector pBIN438 under the control of 35S promoter.Recombinant clone pBIN438-MP-Rep(i/r) which contained two different virus derived genes was constructed.Recombinant clone pBIN438-MP-Rep(i/r) in accord with expected design was certified by restriction endonuclease enzymes digestion and PCR analysis.This approach provides a basis for Broad-spectrum plant virus resistance mediated by RNA Silencing.