Plant Pathology (2007) 56, p. 342 (Lefeuvre et al.)

P. Lefeuvre, H. Delatte, F. Naze, W. Dogley, B. Reynaud and J.M. Lett (2007)
A new tomato leaf curl virus from the Seychelles archipelago
Plant Pathology 56 (2), 342-342
Abstract: In 2004, two leaf samples showing curling symptoms were collected from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) on Mahé Island , Seychelles. Leaf extracts were tested for the presence of begomoviruses by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), using two sets of degenerate primers designed to amplify portions of the coat protein (CP) gene of the DNA A component. The results suggest the presence of a new tomato begomovirus in the Seychelles archipelago; genetically related to Tomato leaf curl Mayotte virus (ToLCYTV) isolates and so to the African tomato monopartite begomoviruses previously identified in the South West Islands of the Indian Ocean. The new virus is tentatively named Tomato leaf curl Seychelles virus (ToLCSCV).
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Database assignments for author(s): Jean-Michel Lett, Hélène Delatte

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tomato leaf curl Seychelles virus	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	Seychelles