title: Sweepoviruses cause disease in sweet potato and related Ipomoea spp.: fulfilling Koch's postulates for a divergent group in the genus begomovirus.
abstract: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and related Ipomoea species are frequently infected by monopartite begomoviruses (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae), known as sweepoviruses. Unlike other geminiviruses, the genomes of sweepoviruses have been recalcitrant to rendering infectious clones to date. Thus, Koch's postulates have not been fullfilled for any of the viruses in this group. Three novel species of sweepoviruses have recently been described in Spain: Sweet potato leaf curl Lanzarote virus (SPLCLaV), Sweet potato leaf curl Spain virus (SPLCSV) and Sweet potato leaf curl Canary virus (SPLCCaV). Here we describe the generation of the first infectious clone of an isolate (ES:MAL:BG30:06) of SPLCLaV. The clone consisted of a complete tandem dimeric viral genome in a binary vector. Successful infection by agroinoculation of several species of Ipomoea (including sweet potato) and Nicotiana benthamiana was confirmed by PCR, dot blot and Southern blot hybridization. Symptoms observed in infected plants consisted of leaf curl, yellowing, growth reduction and vein yellowing. Two varieties of sweet potato, 'Beauregard' and 'Promesa', were infected by agroinoculation, and symptoms of leaf curl and interveinal loss of purple colouration were observed, respectively. The virus present in agroinfected plants was readily transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci to I. setosa plants. The progeny virus population present in agroinfected I. setosa and sweet potato plants was isolated and identity to the original isolate was confirmed by sequencing. Therefore, Koch's postulates were fulfilled for the first time for a sweepovirus.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Helena P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Trenado
authors.forename: Anelise F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Orílio
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Márquez-Martín
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moriones
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navas-Castillo
mesh_terms: D053839:Begomovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D016679:Genome, Viral; D027741:Ipomoea / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
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