Cadang-cadang

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Coconut cadang-cadang viroid
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Family: Pospiviroidae
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Coconut cadang-cadang viroid

Cadang-cadang is a disease caused by Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd), a lethal viroid of several palms including coconut (Cocos nucifera), African oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ), anahaw ( Saribus rotundifolius ), and buri ( Corypha utan ). The name cadang-cadang comes from the word gadang-gadang that means dying in Bicol. [1] It was originally reported on San Miguel Island in the Philippines in 1927/1928. "By 1962, all but 100 of 250,000 palms on this island had died from the disease," indicating an epidemic. [2] Every year one million coconut palms are killed by CCCVd and over 30 million coconut palms have been killed since Cadang-cadang was discovered. CCCVd directly affects the production of copra, a raw material for coconut oil and animal feed. Total losses of about 30 million palms and annual yield losses of about 22,000 metric tons (22,000 long tons; 24,000 short tons) of copra have been attributed to Cadang-cadang disease in the Philippines. [3]

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Characteristics

Viroids are small, single-stranded RNA molecules, ranging from 246 to 375 nucleotides long. Unlike viruses, they do not code for protein coats but contain genes for autonomous replication. With abilities to cause serious disease, they are more commonly found in a latent stage, and their mode of infection is mainly mechanical, though documented cases exist of vertical transmission through pollen and seed. [4] The sequence and structure prediction of CCCVd has been documented. There are four low-molecular-weight RNA species (ccRNAs) found associated with cadang-cadang disease. [5] Of the four, two are related with the early stage of the disease: ccRNA 1 fast and ccRNA 2 fast. After several years, two other species appear and predominate: ccRNA 1 slow and ccRNA 2 slow. Moreover, they share sequence homology with other viroids. [2]

Conditions for a viroid to infect its host include wounds on the host or infected pollen grain deposited into an ovule. [6] Not all of the mentioned conditions pertain to cadang-cadang.

Tinangaja disease is caused by coconut trinangaja viroid (CTiVd), which has 64% sequence homology with CCCVd. This disease has been found in Guam. Coconuts from Asia and the South Pacific have been found to have viroids with similar (homologous) nucleic acid sequences of CCCVd. The pathogenicity of CTiVd is uncertain. [7] Coconut cadang-cadang viroid, also known as CCCVd, is responsible for a lethal disease of coconut plant first reported in the early 1930 in the Philippines. CCCVd is the smallest known pathogen and it is biologically distinct from other viroids; it consists of circular or lineal single-stranded RNA with a basic size of 246 or 247, it is thought it can be transmitted by seed or pollen (with low transmission rates) and occur in almost all plant parts. Once infected, coconut palm shows yellow leaf spots and nut production ceases; from appearance of first symptoms to tree death, time ranges from around 8 to 16 years, but the pest is generally greater in older plants. It is estimated that over 30 million coconut palms have been killed by cadang-cadang since it was first recognised and the loss of production is valued at about $80 – $100 for each planting site occupied by an infected tree.[ citation needed ]

Scheme of the central domain of the viroid CCCVd.pdf
Scheme of the central domain of the viroid
Scheme of a pospiviroid Estructura de un pospiviroid.pdf
Scheme of a pospiviroid

Molecular structure

CCCVd are small, circular, and single-stranded. They cannot replicate themselves, and therefore are completely dependent on a host.[ citation needed ]

CCCVd have a sequence of 246 nucleotides, 44 of which are common with most viroids. [2] CCCVd can add a cytosine residue in the 197 position and increase the size to 247 nucleotides. It is known that forms of CCCVd with 247 nucleotides cause severe symptoms. Their minimum size is 246, but they can produce forms from 287 to 301 nucleotides. [1]

In CCCVd, changes in molecular forms are related to the steps of the disease. There are four different RNAs found in CCCVd, two of them fast and the other two slow (the difference between fast and slow RNA is their mobilities in electrophoresis gel). In the early stages of the disease, RNA fast 1 and RNA fast 2 appear, while in the late stages RNA slow 1 and RNA slow 2 are detected.[ citation needed ]

Geographical distribution

The CCCVd is widely spread in Philippines and it is mostly found in Bicol Region, Masbate, Catanduanes, Samar and other smaller islands in the zone. It is known that the present northernmost boundary is at the latitude of Manila and the southernmost at the latitude of Homonhon Island. This fact is important due to the proximity of the disease to the major coconut and oil palm growing area of Mindanao. [8] An isolated focus of infection has been found on the Solomon Islands, in Oceania.[ citation needed ]

The available data at the present suggests that the epidemiology of cadang-cadang viroid may not be spreading into any specific route.[ citation needed ]

Variants

In Guam, a similar viroid known as coconut tinangaja viroid (CTiVd) has been found that causes a similar disease named tinangaja disease. This viroid has 64% sequence homology with the cadang-cadang viroid. [9] There are other related viroids with the CCCVd, which are found in Asia and the South Pacific. They have a high degree of homology but the pathogenicity is uncertain. [10]

Transmission

The mode of natural inoculation of the viroid is unknown. There has been evidence that the transmission through pollen and seed can occur but they have a very low transmission rates: progenies of healthy palms pollinated with diseased pollen, exhibited disease symptoms 6 years after germination. [11]

CCCVd can spread through mechanical inoculation primarily through contaminated farm tools such as harvesting scythes or machetes, due to the improper sanitary conditions. [12] The efficiency of the mechanical inoculation has been influenced by factors such as the age of the test plant and the mode of inoculation.[ citation needed ]

Experimental transmission of the CCCVd using insects as vector has been unsuccessful although there are few evidences that the transmission of the viroid might be related to the wounds of coelopteran insects, but this has not been properly investigated. [12]

The natural hosts of cadang-cadang identified are Cocos nucifera , Corypha utan , Elaeis guineensis and Roystonea regia . The experimental hosts are Adonidia merrillii , Areca catechu , Caryota cumingii , Dypsis lutescens , Saribus rotundifolius , Phoenix dactylifera , Ptychosperma macarthurii and Roystonea regia . [13]

Process of detection of CCCVd Palmeras.pdf
Process of detection of CCCVd

Detection

The diagnosis by symptoms is not reliable enough so it's better to do a molecular diagnosis based in test samples. Some of these methods (like Dot-blot hybridisation) allow the scientists to detect the viroid even six months before noticing the first symptoms.

The first step is the purification to obtain the nucleic acids of the plant cells. The leaves of the plant located four or more below the spare leaf are cut. Afterwards, they are blended (homogenize) with sodium sulfite. Then the extract is filtered and clarified by centrifugation (10.000 g during 10 minutes). The next step is to add polyethylene glycol (PEG). Finally, after nearly two hours of incubation at 4 °C, and after another centrifugation (at low speed) the nucleic acids can be extracted by chloroform procedures, for example.

When approximately 1 g of coconut tissue has been purified, the electrophoresis method can be started, which will help to identify the viroid by its relative mobility. [7] The CCCVd is analysed in one or two dimensional polyacrylamide gels with a silver stain.

The viroid can also be detected by a more sensitive method called dot blot molecular hybridization. [14] In this method CCCVd is amplified by the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and the clones of CCCVd are used as templates to synthesize a complementary DNA or RNA chain. These sequences are radioactively labelled so when they are put over the samples with the intention to analyse (on a supporting membrane) and exposed to x-ray film, then if CCCVd is present it will appear as a dark colour. This dark tonality only appears when nucleic acid hybridisation occurs.[ citation needed ]

Pharmacology and treatment

Coconut cadang-cadang disease has no treatment yet. However, chemotherapy with antibiotics has been tried with tetracycline solutions; antibiotics failed trying to alter progress of the disease since they had no significant effect on any of the studied parameters. When the treated plants were at the early stage, tetracycline injections failed to prevent the progression of the palms to more advanced stages, nor did they affect significantly the mean number of spathes or nuts. Penicillin treatment had no apparent improvement either.[ citation needed ]

Control strategies are elimination of reservoir species, vector control, mild strain protection and breeding for host resistance. [15] Eradication of diseased plants is usually performed to minimize spread but is of dubious efficacy due to the difficulties of early diagnosis as the virus etiology remains unknown and the one discovered are the three main stages in the disease development.[ citation needed ]

Easily confused pests

Coconut Cadang Cadang Viroid (CCCVd) can be confused with another viroid called Coconut Tinangaja Viroid (CTiVd). That is because both viroids have 64% of their sequence of nucleotides in common. They both affect coconut palm, and infected plants have similar symptoms: spots on the leaves reduced top, yellow palms and even death. [16]

There are few differences between both viroids in the effects caused on fruit: CTiVd causes small nuts, while CCCVd causes round and reduced nuts. Moreover, CTiVd has 254 nucleotides of length, while CCCVd has 246.

Symptoms

Symptoms of cadang-cadang develop slowly over 8 to 15 years making it difficult to diagnose at an early time. [6] There are three main “stages” of defined series of characteristics: early, medium, and late stages. [17] The first symptoms in the early stage develop within two to four years of infection. [17] These symptoms include scarification of the coconuts which also become rounded. The leaves (fronds) display bright yellow spots. About two years later, during the medium stage, [18] the inflorescences become stunted and eventually killed, so no more coconuts are produced. Yellow spots are larger and in greater abundance to give the appearance of chlorosis. During the final stage, roughly 6 years after the first symptoms are recorded, the yellow/bronze fronds start to decrease in size and number. Finally, all the leaves coalesce, leaving just the trunk of the palm “standing like a telephone pole”. [6]

Palms under 10 years of age are rarely affected by cadang-cadang; the incidence of disease increases until about 40 years of age and then plateaus. [19] "No recovery has ever been observed, and the disease is always fatal". [4] African oil palm has similar symptoms as coconut but also have orange spotting on palms. [20]

Environment

Geographical location

Philippines: Southern Luzon, Samar, Masbate, and other small islands. Tinangaja was found in Guam on Mariana Islands. [19] Evidence shows that CCCVd is negatively correlated with altitude. [3]

Dispersal

The CCCVd viroid can be transmitted by pollen, seed, and mechanical transmission; it infects almost all parts of the host after flowering.[ citation needed ]

Insect vectors

No insect vector is known at this time, and rate of dispersal is not related to proximity of clusters.

Control

No definite control measures exist at the present.[ citation needed ]

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