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SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF SEED-BORNE COWPEA VIRUSES IN UGANDA

SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF SEED-BORNE COWPEA VIRUSES IN UGANDA. Robert Amayo. Dry Land Legume Program National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute ( NaSARRI ), Serere. Authors. Content of Presentation. Item 1. Item 2. Research Objectives. Research Methodology. Research Background.

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SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF SEED-BORNE COWPEA VIRUSES IN UGANDA

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  1. SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF SEED-BORNE COWPEA VIRUSES IN UGANDA Robert Amayo Dry Land Legume Program National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI), Serere

  2. Authors

  3. Content of Presentation Item 1 Item 2 Research Objectives Research Methodology Research Background Research Results and Discussion Conclusion and Recommendation Acknowledgement Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 5

  4. Research Background • Cowpea production in Uganda ranks 3rd after beans and groundnuts. • 90% of the crop is grown in Semi-arid region of the country. • Production level and yield of the crop has continued to be low • Biotic factors are major contributors to the above. • Diseases caused by viruses can cause up to 100% grain yield loss. • This is exacerbated by lack of or limited knowledge on presence of the diseases.

  5. Research Objectives To estimate the prevalence and relative importance of viruses causing diseases in cowpea fields in Uganda. Through: • Assessed the incidence and severity of virus-like diseases in cowpea fields • Identified cowpea viruses that are seed-borne • Evaluated the effect of the virus diseases on performance of selected cowpea lines • Assessed the seed transmission potential of three major seed-borne viruses.

  6. Research Methodology Field survey and sample collection Two surveys were carried out two growing seasons in 7 districts as shown in the figure. • Disease incidence and severity were scored as described (Gumedzoeet al., 1997; Madden and Hughes, 1999) Leaf and seed samples were collected From at least 10 cowpea fields per districts. • Sampling was carried out as described by Nutter et al. (1997). • The samples were bagged separately for further assessment in the laboratory and screenhouse.

  7. Symptom Expression

  8. Research Methodology cont’d Laboratory Work • Double Antibody Sandwich Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay (DAS-ELISA) was used for diagnosis. • Viruses extracts from crushed leaf samples and finely ground seed samples were detected as described by Clark and Adams (1977) and Koenraadt and Remeeus (2006), respectively. • A modified Reverse Transcriptase-Polymorphic Chain Reaction protocol (Gillaspieet al., 2001) was used to confirm the presence of three most common viruses. The presence of 9 cowpea viruses were assessed namely; CMV,CPMMV, CPMoV, CCMV, CYMV, CPSMV, CABMV,SBMV and CPMV

  9. Research Methodology Cont’d Virus infection effects Study • Seed samples that tested positive for 3 most important viruses were used. • 2 - 3 seedlings were maintained per pot. 21 DPG, leaf samples from seedlings assessed for the viruses. This was repeated twice at 28 and 35 DPG. • Seedlings for 4 cowpea lines grown in plastic pots were inoculated with different viruses and virus combination. • Disease data was collected 14 DPI till maturity. Seed transmission potential study

  10. Incidences of cowpea viruses detected in leaf and seed samples collected from farmers’ fields in Eastern and West Nile regions of Uganda

  11. 5 6 1 2 3 4 1000 500 200 RT-PCR gel picture: Lower bands in Lanes 3, 4 and 6 are for CABMV, while the upper bands in lanes 2 and 4 are for CMV. Lane 5 is for a negative control and lane 1 is 1kb size marker.

  12. Effect of single and multiple virus infections on plant height, number of pods, weight, and the RAUDPC of cowpea plants grown in screen house at MUARIK.

  13. Variation in yield and yield components of cowpea varieties inoculated with different virus combinations.

  14. Seed transmission levels of CMV, CPMMV and CABMV detected in seed samples from farmers’ fields in Uganda.

  15. Conclusion and Recommendations Several viruses infect cowpea in Uganda and a large number of them are seed-borne. Multiple virus infections resulted in a significant decrease in yield and yield components. There was no significant difference in the seed transmission potential of three important seed-borne viruses. There is need for the production and use of virus-free seed, breeding for virus resistance and adoption of efficient seed certification systems.

  16. DANIDA Acknowledgement

  17. THANK YOU!!

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