Fitopatologia Brasileira (2004) 29, 663-667

Luis C.V. da Cunha, Renato de O. Resende, Tatsuya Nagata and Alice K. Inoue-Nagata (2004)
Distinct features of Pepper yellow mosaic virus isolates from tomato and sweetpepper
Fitopatologia Brasileira 29 (6), 663-667
Abstract: Determination of virus diversity in the field is vital to support a sustainable breeding program for virus resistance of horticultural crops. The present study aimed to characterize four field potyvirus isolates found naturally infecting sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) (Sa66 and Sa115) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) (IAC3 and Sa21) plants. Their biological characteristics revealed differences among the isolates in their ability to infect distinct Capsicum spp. and tomato genotypes, and in the severity of symptoms caused by these isolates compared to the infection caused by an isolate of Pepper yellow mosaic virus (PepYMV). Absence of cross-reaction was found among the studied isolates with antiserum against Potato virus Y (PVY). However, all isolates reacted, at different intensities, with antiserum against PepYMV. All isolates showed high identity percentage (97 to 99%) of the amino acid sequence of the coat protein with PepYMV (accession AF348610) and low (69 to 80%) with other potyvirus species. The comparison of the 3' untranslated region also confirmed this finding with 97 to 98% identity with PepYMV, and of 47 to 71% with other potyviruses. The results showed that PepYMV isolates were easily differentiated from PVY by serology and that the host response of each isolate could be variable. In addition, the nucleotide sequence of the coat protein and 3' untranslated region was highly conserved among the isolates.
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Database assignments for author(s): Tatsuya Nagata, Alice Kazuko Inoue-Nagata

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pepper yellow mosaic virus	Green pepper/chilli (Capsicum)	Brazil (south)
	Pepper yellow mosaic virus	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	Brazil (south)