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This research was funded by Plan Nacional I + D + i, MINECO, Spain [BIO2016-79165-R], by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain [PINV-18-O4W6R9-94-YR130U], and by Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) [RD16/0012/0011].

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September 2, 2019
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Light Intensity Modulates the Efficiency of Virus Seed Transmission through Modifications of Plant Tolerance.

Publicated to:Plants-Basel. 8 (9): - 2019-09-01 8(9), DOI: 10.3390/plants8090304

Authors: Montes N, Pagán I

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Hosp Univ La Princesa, IIS, IP, Spain & Serv Reumatol, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Ctr Biotecnol & Genam Plantas UPM INIA, Madrid 28223, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Biotecnol Biol Vegetal, ETS Ingn Agron Alimentaria & Biosistemas, Madrid 28223, Spain - Author
Univ San Pablo CEU Univ, Fac Farm, Dept Ciencias Farmaceut & Salud, Fisiol Vegetal, Boadilla Del Monte, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Increased light intensity has been predicted as a major consequence of climate change. Light intensity is a critical resource involved in many plant processes, including the interaction with viruses. A central question to plant-virus interactions is understanding the determinants of virus dispersal among plants. However, very little is known on the effect of environmental factors on virus transmission, particularly through seeds. The fitness of seed-transmitted viruses is highly dependent on host reproductive potential, and requires higher virus multiplication in reproductive organs. Thus, environmental conditions that favor reduced virus virulence without controlling its level of within-plant multiplication (i.e., tolerance) may enhance seed transmission. We tested the hypothesis that light intensity conditions that enhance plant tolerance promote virus seed transmission. To do so, we challenged 18 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions with Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) under high and low light intensity. Results indicated that higher light intensity increased TuMV multiplication and/or plant tolerance, which was associated with more efficient seed transmission. Conversely, higher light intensity reduced plant tolerance and CMV multiplication, and had no effect on seed transmission. This work provides novel insights on how environmental factors modulate plant virus transmission and contributes to understand the underlying processes.

Keywords

Arabidopsis thalianaArabidopsis-thalianaCdna-clonesClimate-changeCucumber mosaic virusCucumber-mosaic-virusEvolutionFecundity toleranceLight intensityModelMortality tolerancePerspectiveResistanceTemperatureTurnip mosaic virusTurnip-crinkle-virusVectorsVirus seed transmission

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Plants-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position 58/234, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.4, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 4.71 (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-06, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 16
  • Scopus: 23
  • Europe PMC: 8

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 32.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 34 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Montes Casado, Nuria) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Montes Casado, Nuria.