title: Detection of members of the Secoviridae in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA.
abstract: Viruses are most frequently discovered because they cause disease. To expand knowledge of plant-associated viruses beyond these narrow constraints, non-cultivated plants of the Tallgrass Prairie of the United States were systematically surveyed for evidence of viruses. This report discusses putative viruses of the family Secoviridae identified by the survey. Sequence analysis suggests the presence of at least six viruses in the study site, including Bean pod mottle virus, Maize chlorotic dwarf virus, three previously undescribed viruses within the subfamily Comovirinae and one unclassifiable virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. vaskar.thapa@okstate.edu
authors.forename: Vaskar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thapa
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Melcher
authors.forename: Graham B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Wiley
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doust
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roewe
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Roe
authors.forename: Guoan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Marilyn J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Roossinck
authors.forename: Ye Margaret
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamath
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009825:Oklahoma; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006109:Poaceae / Q000821:virology*