Journal of General Plant Pathology (2015) 81, 92-95

M.S. Shahid, M. Ikegami, R.W. Briddon and K.T. Natsuaki (2015)
Characterization of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus and associated alphasatellite infecting Cucurbita maxima in Japan
Journal of General Plant Pathology 81 (1), 92-95
Abstract: Samples of Cucurbita maxima plants with foliar yellowing and curling symptoms were collected in Komae City (Japan) in 2011 and shown by Southern blot hybridization to be associated with a begomovirus. Rolling circle amplification and PCR-mediated amplification with specific primers showed the presence of a begomovirus and an alphasatellite, but neither a DNA-B component or a betasatellite. Sequence analysis of full-length clones showed the virus to be an isolate of the Israel strain of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus and the alphasatellite Sida yellow vein China alphasatellite. This is the first identification of these components in a cucurbit in Japan.
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Database assignments for author(s): Rob W. Briddon, Keiko T. Natsuaki, Masato Ikegami

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tomato yellow leaf curl virus	Squash/pumpkin (Cucurbita)	Japan