Archives of Virology (2010) 155, 751-755

Martin Verbeek, Annette Dullemans, Hans van den Heuvel, Paul Maris and René van der Vlugt (2010)
Tomato chocolàte virus: a new plant virus infecting tomato and a proposed member of the genus Torradovirus
Archives of Virology 155 (5), 751-755
Abstract: A new virus was isolated from a tomato plant from Guatemala showing necrotic spots on the bases of the leaves and chocolate-brown patches on the fruits. Structural and molecular analysis showed the virus to be clearly related to but distinct from the recently described Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) and Tomato marchitez virus (ToMarV), both members of the genus Torradovirus. The name tomato chocolàte virus is proposed for this new torradovirus.
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Database assignments for author(s): Martin Verbeek, René A.A. van der Vlugt

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tomato chocolàte virus	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	Guatemala