title: Sequence characteristics of natural populations of tomato spotted wilt tospovirus infecting flue-cured tobacco in Georgia.
abstract: Using primers from conserved regions, the nucleocapsid (Nc) gene sequences of naturally occurring tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV) isolates from flue-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) grown in several Georgia counties were amplified by immunocapture-reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The resulting amplicons were cloned and sequenced. Sequence analyses showed a high degree of sequence conservation among the Nc genes of the tobacco isolates, and those reported from other parts of the world. However, distinct differences that were unique to these tobacco isolates as well as the previously studied peanut, tomato and pepper isolates from Georgia were present. The Georgia isolates formed a distinct cluster that was clearly resolved from the rest of the TSWV isolates based on sequence phylograms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton 31793, USA. hrp@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pappu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pappu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Culbreath
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McPherson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Csinos
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005814:Genes, Viral; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005845:Georgia; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000821:virology*; D017865:Tospovirus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004279:DNA, Viral; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins