Abstract
The presence of hypovirulent (hypovirus-infected) isolates of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica in Asturias, northern Spain, is first reported by using both morphological and molecular assessments. Hypovirulence was detected in 16 of the 69 councils where the fungus was previously observed. In total 30 of the 863 C. parasitica isolates analyzed were found to be hypovirus-infected. The isolates belonged to the two main vegetative compatibility (vc) types (EU-1 and EU-13) of the region. Asturian hypoviruses were genetically characterized by sequencing of ORFA and ORFB specific regions of the hypoviral RNA. The results show that 70% of the investigated hypovirulent isolates contained the Spanish subtype (subtype E) while 30% isolates the German subtype (D) of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV-1). The presence of hypovirulent isolates compatible with the dominant vc types and the low vc diversity in this region favours the application of biological control. An initial disease management effort could be applied by using the hypovirus of subtype D, whereas further research related to the biocontrol properties of the subtype E hypovirus should be conducted.
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