Abstract
Detecting and identifying viral infections in perennial plants, such as grapevines, can be challenging. Therefore, the aim of this study was to perform a real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) high-resolution melting (HRM) curve analysis to detect and differentiate Brazilian variants of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) and grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) in 74 and 10 infected plants, respectively, maintained in a collection block of grapevines. A single amplification curve was generated for each sample by RT-qPCR. Considering the amplified region of genomes of these two viruses, it was possible to identify and distinguish different variants of GLRaV-3 and of GFLV, which showed significantly different melting temperature (Tm) values between themselves, reflecting differences in the nucleotide sequences of the respective amplicons, and allowing discriminating variants and assess the viral diversity in grapevine accessions. The HRM analysis was validated by sequencing and nucleotide comparisons among Brazilian isolates of GLRaV-3 and GFLV.
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