Abstract
Infections of plants by subviral RNA agents, alone or in association with virus genomic RNA molecules, are well known. The ST9 strain of beet western yellows virus encapsidates not only the 5.6-kilobase genomic RNA that is typical of luteoviruses, but also a 2.8-kilobase-associated RNA that has a distinct nucleotide sequence. The ST9-associated RNA has been postulated to be a satellite RNA, which by definition would be capable of replicating only in coinfections with beet western yellows virus or closely related viruses. To characterize the associated RNA, we inoculated protoplasts and leaves with in vitro transcripts of the virus genomic RNA and the ST9-associated RNA separately and in combination. Surprisingly, the ST9-associated RNA alone replicated efficiently in both protoplasts and leaves, and it stimulated accumulation of the virus genomic RNA in protoplasts. Thus, the ST9-associated RNA is a newly discovered type of plant infectious agent, which depends on its associated virus, beet western yellows virus, for encapsidation but not for replication.
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