title: Genomic characterization of phenotypic variants of beet curly top virus.
abstract: Full-length infectious DNA clones were constructed for four distinct phenotypic variants of beet curly top virus (BCTV). Southern hybridization assays indicated that each cloned BCTV genome shared sequence homology with pBCT-028, a full-length infectious DNA clone of a California isolate of BCTV previously characterized by others. Restriction endonuclease maps of the cloned BCTV genomes were distinct from one another. Infectivity assays determined that plasmids containing tandem repeats of BCTV genomes were generally more infectious than excised linear DNA inserts. Progeny virus, derived from plants inoculated with cloned DNAs, differed in their ability to infect sugarbeet, Beta vulgaris L., and the severity of symptoms produced in B. vulgaris and other experimental hosts.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Salinas, California 93905.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Stenger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carbonaro
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Duffus
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral