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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Complete sequences of tomato leaf curl Palampur virus isolates infecting cucurbits in Iran
Archives of Virology, Volume 154, No. 6, Year 2009
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Tomato leaf curl disease (TLCD) and and tomato yellow leaf curl (TYLCD) is caused by a number of begomovirus species that collectively threaten tomato production worldwide. We report here that an ongoing TLCD and TYLCD epidemic in Iran is caused by variants of tomato leaf curl Palampur virus (ToLCPMV), a newly proposed begomovirus species previously only detected in India. Besides infecting tomatoes, we identified ToLCPMV as the causal agent of a cucurbit disease that has devastated greenhouse cucumber and melon farms in Jiroft, southeastern Iran. We found no convincing evidence that the ToLCPMV DNA-B sequences have been derived through inter-species recombination, however, all of the currently sampled ToLCPMV DNA-A sequences are descendents of a sequence that probably arose through recombination between a ToLCNDV isolate and a currently unsampled geminivirus species that falls outside the ToLCNDV-ToLCPMV cluster. The increasing incidence of ToLCPMV in different cultivated species throughout Iran may signal the emergence of a serious new threat to agricultural production throughout the Middle East. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.
Authors & Co-Authors
Heydarnejad, Jahangir
Iran, Kerman
Daneshgahe Shahid Bahonar-e-kerman
Mozaffari, Azadeh
Iran, Kerman
Daneshgahe Shahid Bahonar-e-kerman
Massumi, Hossain
Iran, Kerman
Daneshgahe Shahid Bahonar-e-kerman
Fazeli, Roya
Iran, Kerman
Daneshgahe Shahid Bahonar-e-kerman
Gray, A.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Meredith, Sandra A.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Lakay, Francisco M.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Shepherd, Dionne Natalie
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Martin, Darren Patrick
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Varsani, Arvind
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Statistics
Citations: 32
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00705-009-0389-6
ISSN:
03048608
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cohort Study