Spread of African cassava mosaic virus from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) to physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) in Ghana

Authors

  • A S Appiah Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • H M Amoatey Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • G Y. P Klu School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • N T Afful Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • E Azu Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • G K Owusu School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Keywords:

African cassava mosaic virus, symptom severity, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, indicator plants, Jatropha curcas accessions, Nicotiana benthamiana.

Abstract

Investigations were made on the susceptibility of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) to African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) and its possible role as an alternative host of the virus in Ghana. Ten J. curcas accessions in a field trial were interplanted with ACMV-infected cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and left to natural spread of the virus from the cassava to the J. curcas plants for a period of 12 months. Populations of the whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) and the incidence of African cassava mosaic disease (ACMD) were monitored during the period. The J. curcas plants had low whitefly numbers, both in the wet (September – October, 2008) season and in the dry (January – February, 2009) season. By the end of the experimental period, 37.7% of the 120 J. curcas plants tested in all the accessions were found to be infected by ACMV, as assessed by symptom expression, double antibody-sandwich (DAS) ELISA or sap inoculation to Nicotiana benthamiana indicator plants. There were wide variations within and between the J. curcas accessions in their response to ACMV infection. This work is the first report of the natural infection of J. curcas by ACMV.

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Author Biographies

A S Appiah, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

H M Amoatey, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

G Y. P Klu, School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

N T Afful, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

E Azu, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

G K Owusu, School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Published

13-03-2012

How to Cite

Appiah, A. S., Amoatey, H. M., Klu, G. Y. P., Afful, N. T., Azu, E., & Owusu, G. K. (2012). Spread of African cassava mosaic virus from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) to physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) in Ghana. Journal of Phytology, 4(1). Retrieved from https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/jp/article/view/2756

Issue

Volume 4, Issue 1, 2012

Section

Research Article