Archives of Virology (2012) 157, 545-550

M. Thierry, P. Lefeuvre, M. Hoareau, F. Péréfarres, H. Delatte, B. Reynaud, D.P. Martin and J.-M. Lett (2012)
Differential disease phenotype of begomoviruses associated with tobacco leaf curl disease in Comoros
Archives of Virology 157 (3), 545-550
Abstract: In the 2000s, tobacco plantations on the Comoros Islands were afflicted with a previously unobserved tobacco leaf curl disease characterised by symptoms of severe leaf curling and deformation. Previous molecular characterization of potential viral pathogens revealed a complex of African monopartite tobacco leaf curl begomovirus (TbLCVs). Our molecular investigation allowed the characterization of a new monopartite virus involved in the disease: tomato leaf curl Namakely virus (ToLCNamV). Agroinoculation experiments indicated that TbLCVs and tomato leaf curl viruses (ToLCVs) can infect both tomato and tobacco but that infectivity and symptom expression fluctuate depending on the virus and the plant cultivar combination.
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Database assignments for author(s): Hélène Delatte, Darren P. Martin, Jean-Michel Lett

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tomato leaf curl Namakely virus	Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)	Comoros Islands