Archives of Virology (2010) 155, 1343-1347

Neha Tiwari, K.V. Padmalatha, V.B. Singh, Q.M.I. Haq and V.G. Malathi (2010)
Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus (ToLCBV): infectivity and enhanced pathogenicity with diverse betasatellites
Archives of Virology 155 (8), 1343-1347
Abstract: Genomic components of a begomovirus isolated from tomato plants showing leaf curl and stunting symptoms in farmer's fields at Hessarghatta village near Bangalore, India, were cloned by rolling-circle amplification. The virus was identified as a variant of strain C of the species Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus and designated as Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus-C[India:Hessarghatta:2008], ToLCBV-C[IN:Hess:08]. The betasatellite isolated from these samples belongs to the betasatellite species Tomato leaf curl Bangalore betasatellite. ToLCBV-C[IN:Hess:08] induced severe symptoms in Nicotiana benthamiana and Solanum lycopersicum plants when co-inoculated with the cognate betasatellite, Tomato leaf curl Bangalore betasatellite-[India:Hessarghatta:2008], ToLCBB-[IN:Hess:08] and with two other non-cognate betasatellites, Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite-[India:SriGanganagar:2002] and Luffa leaf distortion betasatellite-[India:Luffa:2004].
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Database assignments for author(s): Varagur G. Malathi

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	India