Control

Methods for
Barley Yellow
Dwarf Virus:
Cultivar
Resistance
By Jessica Parker

Keith Weller
What is Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)

• Luteovirus

• Restricted to the phloem

• Spread by vectors
 Vectors
• Sitobion avenae

Grain aphid
• Rhopalosiphum padi

Bird cherry aphid

Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Symptoms
• Stunting

• Reddening

• Late heading

• Chlorosis

• Thickening of the leaves

Brian Olson, Oklahoma State University,

Bugwood.org
Yield losses

• Winter Wheat up to 46%

• Barley up to 25%

• Oats up to 15%
Control methods

• Insecticide

• Cultivars resistant to BYDV

• Aphid resistant cultivars

Resistant barley cultivars
• Atlas 68

• Vixen

• Sutter

• Franklin

• Prato

• Venus
Resistant wheat cultivars
• Frontana

• Arminda

• Rialto

• MacKellar

• Glover

• TM44
Aphid resistant cultivars

• Limit feeding time

• Less sap available

 TM44
• Thicker cell walls

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Experiment

• Conducted by Tanguy and Dedryer

• Determine transmission of BYDV
from S. avenae to TM44
Materials

Three aphid
Three cultivars
species

R. padi Express
M. dirhodium Arminda
S. avenae TM44
Methods
• First experiment
48-hour exposure to BYVD
followed by cultivar exposure for
120 hours
• Second experiment
S. avenae was exposed to BYVD for
2, 6, 12, 24, 48, 120, and 240 hours
then exposed to Arminda and
TM44 for 120 hours
Methods

• Third experiment
 S. avenae was exposed to BYDV for
48 hours then exposed to Arminda
and TM44 for 2, 6, 12, 24, 48, 120,
and 240 hours
Experiment one

Virial titer
 Experiment two

Virial titer

Viral exposure time

 Experiment three

Virial titer

Cultivar exposure time

Discussion

• Transmission less likely

• Cultivar resistance effects feeding

behavior
• Restricted to S. avenae
Discussion

• Varies with species of aphid

• Varies with cereal crop
• Poorly understood
Summary

• BYDV infects cereal crops

• Vectored by aphids

• Virial resistant cultivars

• Aphid resistance
References
• Jarosova, J., Beoni, E., & Kumar Kundu, J. (2016,
November). Barley yellow dwarf virus resistance in
cereals: Approaches, strategies and prospects [Electronic
version]. Field Crops Research, 198, 200-214.
doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2016.08.030
• McElhany, P., Real, L.A., & Power, A.G. (1993). Vector
preference and disease dynamics: A study of barley
yellow dwarf virus. Ecology, (2), 444-457.
• Kaddachi, I., Souiden, Y., Achouri, D., & Chéour, F. "Barley
yellow dwarf virus (BYDV): charcteristics, hosts, vectors,
Disease symptoms and diagnosis." International Journal of
Phytopathology [Online], 3.3 (2014): 155-160. Web. 10
Oct. 2018
References
• Oakley, J. (2006). Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus. Farmers
Weekly, 145(5), 58-59.
• Tanguy, S., & Dedryer, C. (2008, August 28). Reduced
BYVD-PAV transmission by the grain aphid in the Triticum
monococcum line. European Journal of Plant Pathology,
281-289. doi:10.1007/s10658-008-9365-3
Questions

Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State

University, Bugwood.org