Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought

A growing body of research points to a positive interplay between viruses and plants. Tomato yellow curl virus (TYLCV) is able to protect tomato host plants against extreme drought. To envisage the use of virus protective capacity in agriculture, TYLCV-resistant tomato lines have to be infected firs...

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Autores principales: Moshik Shteinberg, Ritesh Mishra, Ghandi Anfoka, Miassar Altaleb, Yariv Brotman, Menachem Moshelion, Rena Gorovits, Henryk Czosnek
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8c0ebbd30c7945a2a9e680c072af26c22021-11-25T17:08:24ZTomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought10.3390/cells101128752073-4409https://doaj.org/article/8c0ebbd30c7945a2a9e680c072af26c22021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2875https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409A growing body of research points to a positive interplay between viruses and plants. Tomato yellow curl virus (TYLCV) is able to protect tomato host plants against extreme drought. To envisage the use of virus protective capacity in agriculture, TYLCV-resistant tomato lines have to be infected first with the virus before planting. Such virus-resistant tomato plants contain virus amounts that do not cause disease symptoms, growth inhibition, or yield loss, but are sufficient to modify the metabolism of the plant, resulting in improved tolerance to drought. This phenomenon is based on the TYLCV-dependent stabilization of amounts of key osmoprotectants induced by drought (soluble sugars, amino acids, and proteins). Although in infected TYLCV-susceptible tomatoes, stress markers also show an enhanced stability, in infected TYLCV-resistant plants, water balance and osmolyte homeostasis reach particularly high levels. These tomato plants survive long periods of time during water withholding. However, after recovery to normal irrigation, they produce fruits which are not exposed to drought, similarly to the control plants. Using these features, it might be possible to cultivate TYLCV-resistant plants during seasons characterized by water scarcity.Moshik ShteinbergRitesh MishraGhandi AnfokaMiassar AltalebYariv BrotmanMenachem MoshelionRena GorovitsHenryk CzosnekMDPI AGarticlebegomovirusdroughtplant-virus interactionosmo-protective metabolitesBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCells, Vol 10, Iss 2875, p 2875 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
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topic begomovirus
drought
plant-virus interaction
osmo-protective metabolites
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle begomovirus
drought
plant-virus interaction
osmo-protective metabolites
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Moshik Shteinberg
Ritesh Mishra
Ghandi Anfoka
Miassar Altaleb
Yariv Brotman
Menachem Moshelion
Rena Gorovits
Henryk Czosnek
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought
description A growing body of research points to a positive interplay between viruses and plants. Tomato yellow curl virus (TYLCV) is able to protect tomato host plants against extreme drought. To envisage the use of virus protective capacity in agriculture, TYLCV-resistant tomato lines have to be infected first with the virus before planting. Such virus-resistant tomato plants contain virus amounts that do not cause disease symptoms, growth inhibition, or yield loss, but are sufficient to modify the metabolism of the plant, resulting in improved tolerance to drought. This phenomenon is based on the TYLCV-dependent stabilization of amounts of key osmoprotectants induced by drought (soluble sugars, amino acids, and proteins). Although in infected TYLCV-susceptible tomatoes, stress markers also show an enhanced stability, in infected TYLCV-resistant plants, water balance and osmolyte homeostasis reach particularly high levels. These tomato plants survive long periods of time during water withholding. However, after recovery to normal irrigation, they produce fruits which are not exposed to drought, similarly to the control plants. Using these features, it might be possible to cultivate TYLCV-resistant plants during seasons characterized by water scarcity.
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author Moshik Shteinberg
Ritesh Mishra
Ghandi Anfoka
Miassar Altaleb
Yariv Brotman
Menachem Moshelion
Rena Gorovits
Henryk Czosnek
author_facet Moshik Shteinberg
Ritesh Mishra
Ghandi Anfoka
Miassar Altaleb
Yariv Brotman
Menachem Moshelion
Rena Gorovits
Henryk Czosnek
author_sort Moshik Shteinberg
title Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought
title_short Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought
title_full Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought
title_fullStr Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought
title_full_unstemmed Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Promotes Plant Tolerance to Drought
title_sort tomato yellow leaf curl virus (tylcv) promotes plant tolerance to drought
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/8c0ebbd30c7945a2a9e680c072af26c2
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