Abstract
Syrah decline, first identified in Southern France in the 1990s, has become a major concern in the global grape and wine industry. This disease mainly affects Syrah (Shiraz) grapevines. Characteristic symptoms include the bright and uniform reddening of leaves throughout the canopy in late summer or early fall; the appearance of abnormalities on the trunk, mainly at the graft union (swelling, pits, grooves, and necrosis); and a reduction in vine vigor, yield and berry quality. Diseased vines may die a few years after disease onset. Damages to the vine are even more pronounced in cool climate regions such as Ontario (Canada), where the affected vines are subjected to very cold and prolonged winters, leading to large numbers of vine deaths. Despite the extensive efforts of the global grape research community over the past few decades, the etiology of this disease remains unclear. In this study, we conducted extensive analyses of viruses in declining Syrah vines identified in commercial vineyards in the Niagara region (Ontario, Canada) through high-throughput sequencing, PCR, RT-PCR and the profiling of genetic variants of select viruses. Multiple viruses and viral strains, as well as three viroids, were identified. However, an unequivocal causal relationship cannot be established between Syrah decline and any of these viruses, although the possibility that certain virus or genetic variants, or both in combination, may contribute to the disease cannot be excluded. Gleaning all information that is available to date, we feel that the traditional approach and an insistence on finding a single cause for such a complex disorder in a woody perennial fruit crop involving grafting will prove to be futile. We hope that this study offers new conceptual perspectives on the etiology of this economically important but enigmatic disease complex that affects the global grape and wine industry.
Funder
Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada
Subject
Virology,Infectious Diseases
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