Archives of Virology (2012) 157, 591-596

Mariana Hallwass, Mikhail O. Leastro, Mirtes F. Lima, Alice K. Inoue-Nagata and Renato O. Resende (2012)
Sequence determination and analysis of the NSs genes of two tospoviruses
Archives of Virology 157 (3), 591-596
Abstract: The tospoviruses groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) and zucchini lethal chlorosis virus (ZLCV) cause severe losses in many crops, especially in solanaceous and cucurbit species. In this study, the non-structural NSs gene and the 5'UTRs of these two biologically distinct tospoviruses were cloned and sequenced. The NSs sequence of GRSV and ZLCV were both 1,404 nucleotides long. Pairwise comparison showed that the NSs amino acid sequence of GRSV shared 69.6% identity with that of ZLCV and 75.9% identity with that of TSWV, while the NSs sequence of ZLCV and TSWV shared 67.9% identity. Phylogenetic analysis based on NSs sequences confirmed that these viruses cluster in the American clade.
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Database assignments for author(s): Alice Kazuko Inoue-Nagata

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Orthotospovirus arachianuli
	Orthotospovirus cucurbichlorosis