Archives of Virology (2022) 167, 2305-2310

Kyriaki Sareli, Stephan Winter, Elisavet K. Chatzivassiliou, Dennis Knierim and Paolo Margaria (2022)
High molecular diversity of full-length genome sequences of Zucchini yellow fleck virus from Europe
Archives of Virology 167 (10), 2305-2310
Abstract: Zucchini yellow fleck virus (ZYFV), genus Potyvirus, is the causal agent of a disease of cucurbits. The genome sequences of seven ZYFV isolates of different origin were determined, two of which were reconstructed from a squash (Cucurbita sp.) collected in 2017 in Greece, while the others, accessions from the DSMZ Plant Virus Collection, were from samples collected in Italy, Greece, and France in the 1980s and 1990s. A high level of molecular diversity, well dispersed along the genome, was observed, but this was within the limits for assignment of the virus isolates to the same species. P1 was the most diverse gene, and isolates from squash contained an insertion in this gene.
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Database assignments for author(s): Stephan Winter, Elisavet K. Chatzivassiliou, Paolo Margaria

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.
	Zucchini yellow fleck virus		France
	Zucchini yellow fleck virus	Squash/pumpkin (Cucurbita)	Greece
	Zucchini yellow fleck virus	Squash/pumpkin (Cucurbita)	Italy