Archives of Virology (2022) 167, 2359-2363

David A. Read, Elrea Strydom, Bernard Slippers, Emma Steenkamp and Gerhard Pietersen (2022)
Genomic characterization of Soybean blotchy mosaic virus, a cytorhabdovirus from South Africa
Archives of Virology 167 (10), 2359-2363
Abstract: Samples showing blotchy mottle symptoms were collected from soybeans in North-West province, South Africa. The assembly of high-throughput sequencing data from three samples yielded contigs of 13,426 to 13,435nt, which represent the first complete genome sequences of soybean blotchy mosaic virus (SbBMV). SbBMV shows a typical cytorhabdovirus gene organization (3'-N-P-P3-M-G-L-5'), with each putative gene product being most similar, but with only 49.1-71.1% sequence identity, to those of cucurbit cytorhabdovirus 1. Given the species demarcation thresholds for rhabdoviruses, SbBMV is thus a distinct member of the genus Cytorhabdovirus.
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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.
	Soybean blotchy mosaic virus	Soybean (Glycine max)	South Africa