Symptom evolution following the emergence of maize streak virus

For pathogens infecting single host species evolutionary trade-offs have previously been demonstrated between pathogen-induced mortality rates and transmission rates. It remains unclear, however, how such trade-offs impact sub-lethal pathogen-inflicted damage, and whether these trade-offs even occur in broad host-range pathogens. Here, we examine changes over the past 110 years in symptoms induced in maize by the broad host-range pathogen, maize streak virus (MSV). Specifically, we use the quantified symptom intensities of cloned MSV isolates in differentially resistant maize genotypes to phylogenetically infer ancestral symptom intensities and check for phylogenetic signal associated with these symptom intensities. We show that whereas symptoms reflecting harm to the host have remained constant or decreased, there has been an increase in how extensively MSV colonizes the cells upon which transmission vectors feed. This demonstrates an evolutionary trade-off between amounts of pathogen-inflicted harm and how effectively viruses position themselves within plants to enable onward transmission.

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Main Authors:	Monjane, Adérito Luis, Dellicour, Simon, Hartnady, Penelope, Oyeniran, Kehinde A., Owor, Betty E., Bezeidenhout, Marion, Linderme, Daphné, Syed, Rizwan Ali, Donaldson, Lara, Murray, Shane, Rybicki, Edward P., Kvarnheden, Anders, Yazdkhasti, Elhman, Lefeuvre, Pierre, Froissart, Rémy, Roumagnac, Philippe, Shepherd, Dionne Natalie, Harkins, Gordon William, Suchard, Marc, Lemey, Philippe, Varsani, Arvind, Martin, Darren Patrick
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd.
Subjects:	H20 - Maladies des plantes, F30 - Génétique et amélioration des plantes, virus striure du maïs, relation hôte pathogène, transmission des maladies, pouvoir pathogène, virulence, évolution maligne, chlorose, résistance génétique, virus de la striure du maïs, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33375, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34017, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2329, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5629, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8261, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36795, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1579, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35130, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_b40dd97f, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7252,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/594806/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/594806/7/594806.pdf
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