Plant Pathology (2007) 56, p. 340 (Collins et al.)

A.M. Collins and M.E. Roye (2007)
Two new bipartite begomoviruses infecting Wissadula amplissima in Jamaica
Plant Pathology 56 (2), 340-340
Abstract: Total DNA was extracted from two Jamaican samples of Wissadula amplissima plants (W96 and W132) showing symptoms of virus infection and analyzed. DNA-A and DNA-B clones from sample W96 were cognate components of a bipartite begomovirus. A DNA-A sequence identity of less than 89% to reported geminiviruses suggests that this geminivirus is previously unreported and has been tentatively named Wissadula golden mosaic St. Elizabeth virus (WGMSEV). The IRs of the DNA-A and DNA-B clones from sample W132 show 89 % identity, suggesting that they could form an infectious unit. It showed 77% sequence identity compared to Wissadula golden mosaic virus (WGMV) which has already been reported from Jamaica. This virus was provisionally named Wissadula golden mosaic St. Thomas virus (WGMSTV).
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Database assignments for author(s): Marcia Roye

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Wissadula amplissima (weed)		Jamaica
Wissadula golden mosaic St. Elizabeth virus (in weeds)	Wissadula amplissima (weed)		Jamaica
Wissadula golden mosaic St. Thomas virus (in weeds)	Wissadula amplissima (weed)		Jamaica