Archives of Virology (2013) 158, 277-280

Elvira Fiallo-Olivé, Dorys T. Chirinos, Francis Geraud-Pouey, Enrique Moriones and Jesús Navas-Castillo (2013)
Complete genome sequences of two begomoviruses infecting weeds in Venezuela
Archives of Virology 158 (1), 277-280
Abstract: The complete sequences of isolates of two new bipartite begomoviruses (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) found infecting weeds in Venezuela are provided. The names proposed for these new begomoviruses are "Datura leaf distortion virus" (DLDV), isolated from a Datura stramonium L. (family Solanaceae) plant, and "Dalechampia chlorotic mosaic virus" (DCMV), isolated from infected Dalechampia sp. (family Euphorbiaceae) and Boerhavia diffusa L. (family Nyctaginaceae) plants. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these new begomoviruses segregated in two distinct clades of New World begomoviruses. To our knowledge, this is the first record of a begomovirus infecting Dalechampia sp. plants. Also, this is the first report of a begomovirus infecting Boerhavia spp. and Datura spp. in Venezuela.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jesús Navas-Castillo, Francis Geraud-Pouey, Dorys T. Chirinos

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Datura stramonium (weed)		Venezuela
	Boerhavia diffusa (weed)		Venezuela