Archives of Virology (2021) 166, 3217-3220

Thais P. Martins, Tadeu A. Souza, Patricia S. da Silva, Erich Y.T. Nakasu, Fernando L. Melo, Alice K. Inoue-Nagata and Tatsuya Nagata (2021)
Nanopore sequencing of Tomato mottle leaf distortion virus, a new bipartite begomovirus infecting tomato in Brazil
Archives of Virology 166 (11), 3217-3220
Abstract: During a survey in a tomato field in Luziânia (Goiás State, Brazil), a single plant with mottling, chlorotic spots, and leaf distortion was found. A new bipartite begomovirus sequence was identified using nanopore sequence technology and confirmed by Sanger sequencing. The highest nucleotide sequence identity match of the DNA-A component (2596 bases) was 81.64% with tomato golden leaf deformation virus (HM357456). Due to the current species demarcation criterion of 91% nucleotide sequence identity for DNA-A, we propose this virus to be a new member of the genus Begomovirus, named "tomato mottle leaf distortion virus".
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Database assignments for author(s): Alice Kazuko Inoue-Nagata, Tatsuya Nagata

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 mottle leaf distortion virus	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	Brazil (south)