Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus (ToLCBV): infectivity and enhanced pathogenicity with diverse betasatellites.
Genomic components of a begomovirus isolated from tomato plants showing leaf curl and stunting symptoms in farmer's fields at Hessarghatta village near Bangalore, India, were cloned by rolling-circle amplification. The virus was identified as a variant of strain C of the species Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus and designated as Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus-C[India:Hessarghatta:2008], ToLCBV-C[IN:Hess:08]. The betasatellite isolated from these samples belongs to the betasatellite species Tomato leaf curl Bangalore betasatellite. ToLCBV-C[IN:Hess:08] induced severe symptoms in Nicotiana benthamiana and Solanum lycopersicum plants when co-inoculated with the cognate betasatellite, Tomato leaf curl Bangalore betasatellite-[India:Hessarghatta:2008], ToLCBB-[IN:Hess:08] and with two other non-cognate betasatellites, Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite-[India:SriGanganagar:2002] and Luffa leaf distortion betasatellite-[India:Luffa:2004].
Tiwari
Neha
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Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Padmalatha
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KV
Singh
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Haq
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Malathi
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D053839:Begomovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007194:India; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000821:virology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000821:virology*; D032322:Solanum / Q000821:virology; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000821:virology
D004276:DNA, Satellite; D004279:DNA, Viral