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- Title
Genetic diversity in curtoviruses: a highly divergent strain of Beet mild curly top virus associated with an outbreak of curly top disease in pepper in Mexico.
- Authors
Chen, L.-F.; Vivoda, E.; Gilbertson, R.
- Abstract
full-length curtovirus genome was PCR-amplified and cloned from peppers in Mexico with symptoms of curly top disease. The cloned DNA of this isolate, MX-P24, replicated in Nicotiana tabacum protoplasts and was infectious in N. benthamiana plants. Sequence analysis revealed that the MX-P24 isolate had a typical curtovirus genome organization and was most similar to beet mild curly top virus (BMCTV). However, sequence identities were at the threshold value for establishment of a new curtovirus species. To further investigate the biological properties of MX-P24, an agroinoculation system was generated. Agroinoculated shepherd's purse plants developed typical curly top symptoms, and virus from these plants was transmissible by the beet leafhopper ( Circulifer tenellus). The host range of MX-P24 was similar to that of BMCTV, with curly top symptoms induced in common bean, pepper, pumpkin, shepherd's purse and tomato plants and mild or no symptoms induced in sugar beet plants. Together, these results indicate that MX-P24 is a highly divergent strain of BMCTV associated with an outbreak of curly top disease in peppers in Mexico.
- Subjects
MEXICO; CURTOVIRUSES; BEET curly top virus; BLACK pepper (Plant); BEET leafhopper; POLYMERASE chain reaction; CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; PLANT disease epidemics
- Publication
Archives of Virology, 2011, Vol 156, Issue 4, p547
- ISSN
0304-8608
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-010-0884-9