Virus Genes (2013) 46, 190-194

Virgínia Carla de Oliveira, Tatsuya Nagata, Felipe C. Guimarães, Fernanda A. Ferreira, Elliot Watanabe Kitajima, Cícero Nicolini, Renato de Oliveira Resende and Alice Kazuko Inoue-Nagata (2013)
Characterization of a novel tymovirus on tomato plants in Brazil
Virus Genes 46 (1), 190-194
Abstract: A tymovirus was isolated in Brazil from tomato plants with severe symptoms of leaf mosaic and blistering. The virus was mechanically transmissible to solanaceous indicator host species. The infected plants contained icosahedral particles and chloroplasts with membrane deformations which are typical cytopathic effects caused by tymoviruses. Its coat protein amino acid sequence shares the maximum of 64 % identity with the tymovirus Chiltepin yellow mosaic virus, which suggested that it can be considered as a distinct member of the genus Tymovirus. In a phylogenetic tree, this tymovirus was clustered with other solanaceous-infecting tymoviruses. It was tentatively named as Tomato blistering mosaic virus (ToBMV).
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Database assignments for author(s): Alice Kazuko Inoue-Nagata, Tatsuya Nagata, Elliot W. Kitajima

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tymovirus lycopersici