Archives of Virology (2012) 157, 739-745

Salvatore Davino, Stefano Panno, Ezequiel A. Rangel, Mario Davino, Maria Grazia Bellardi and Luis Rubio (2012)
Population genetics of Cucumber mosaic virus infecting medicinal, aromatic and ornamental plants from northern Italy
Archives of Virology 157 (4), 739-745
Abstract: The genetic variation and evolution of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) from aromatic, medicinal and ornamental plants in northern Italy was studied by sequence analysis of the movement protein gene and comparison with equivalent sequences of isolates from other countries. Comparison of nonsynonymous and synonymous substitutions suggested that 30% of amino acid sites were under negative selection and only one was under positive selection. Phylogenetic, nucleotide diversity and genetic differentiation analyses suggested that long-distance migration plays a role in the evolution and determination of the genetic structure and diversity of CMV in northern Italy and other areas.
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Database assignments for author(s): Luis Rubio, Salvatore Walter Davino, Maria Grazia Bellardi

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cucumber mosaic virus		Italy