Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Archives of Virology
Publication Date
5-1-2017
Abstract
Four isolates of a bipartite begomovirus from naturally infected Deinbollia borbonica plants exhibiting yellow mosaic symptoms in Kenya and Tanzania were molecularly characterised. The DNA-A was most closely related to that of tomato leaf curl Mayotte virus (AM701764; 82%), while the DNA-B shared the highest nucleotide sequence identity with that of East African cassava mosaic virus (AJ704953) at 65%. Based on the current ICTV species demarcation criterion for the genus Begomovirus (≥91% sequence identity for the complete DNA-A), we report the full-length genome sequence of this novel bipartite begomovirus. The results reveal additional diversity and reservoir hosts of begomoviruses in East Africa.
PubMed ID
28070648
Recommended Citation
Kyallo, M., Sseruwagi, P., Skilton, R., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M., Wasswa, P., & Ndunguru, J. (2017). Deinbollia mosaic virus: a novel begomovirus infecting the sapindaceous weed Deinbollia borbonica in Kenya and Tanzania. Archives of Virology, 162 (5), 1393-1396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-016-3217-9