Viruses infecting chickpea and lentil crops in Azerbaijan

• Published in: Australasian plant pathology Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 612 - 620
• Main Authors: Mustafayev, Eldar, Kumari, Safaa G., Attar, Nouran, Zeynal, Akparov
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-11-2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Bean leafroll virus; Beet western yellows virus; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cicer arietinum; Ecology; Entomology; Faba bean necrotic yellows virus; Life Sciences; Pea seed-borne mosaic virus; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Chickpea chlorotic stunt virus
• ISSN: 0815-3191; 1448-6032
• DOI: 10.1007/s13313-011-0094-2

A survey was conducted to identify viruses affecting chickpea and lentil crops in the major production areas of Azerbaijan during June 2007 and May 2008. The survey covered randomly selected 16 farmers’ fields (13 chickpea and three lentil) and one lentil field in research station during 2007, and 14 fields (nine chickpea and five lentil fields) during 2008. Infection incidences were determined for 11 legume viruses by tissue blot immunoassays (TBIA) on 50–200 randomly samples collected from each field. The TBIA and confirmatory nucleic acid analyses indicated that
Luteoviridae
species [
Beet western yellows virus
(BWYV),
Bean leafroll virus
(BLRV) and Chickpea chlorotic stunt virus (CpCSV)] were collectively the most common viruses in chickpea and lentil fields followed by
Faba bean necrotic yellows virus
(FBNYV)
. Pea seed-borne mosaic virus
(PSbMV) was not detected in chickpea but reached high incidences in lentil fields. This is the first survey of legume viruses in Azerbaijan and first record of FBNYV, BWYV, BLRV and CpCSV naturally infecting chickpea and lentil crops, and PSbMV infecting lentil crop in Azerbaijan.