European Journal of Plant Pathology (2008) 122, 447-450

Igor Koloniuk, Josef Spak and Karel Petrzik (2008)
Turnip ringspot virus recognised on Chinese cabbage in Russia
European Journal of Plant Pathology 122 (3), 447-450
Abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the 3'-terminal part of the RNA1 genome segment of the M12 isolate of comovirus Turnip ringspot virus (TuRSV) was established. This isolate originated in 1989 in Moscow (Russia) from Chinese cabbage with Radish mosaic virus-like symptoms. Comparison of the M12 RNA polymerase amino acid sequence with that of Radish mosaic virus (RaMV) revealed significant differences; these proteins are of different length and are only about 75% identical. On the other hand, the amino acid sequence of the M12 RNA polymerase was more than 94% identical with that of TuRSV recently described in Toledo (USA). We conclude that TuRSV occurs in Europe as well as in America and probably represents a new species of the genus Comovirus.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Comovirus rapae		Russia (Eur.)