title: A novel maize-infecting mastrevirus from La Réunion Island.
abstract: Despite extensive sampling, only one virus belonging to the genus Mastrevirus of the family Geminiviridae, maize streak virus (MSV), has until now been detected in maize with maize streak disease (MSD) symptoms. Here, we report for the first time a second, highly divergent, mastrevirus isolated from two maize plants displaying characteristic MSD-like symptoms, sampled on the South-west Indian Ocean Island, La Réunion. The two isolates shared <57 % genome-wide identity with all other known mastreviruses. We propose calling the new species Maize streak Réunion virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Horticulture, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kraberger
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lefeuvre
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lett
authors.forename: Dionne N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varsani
authors.forename: Darren P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D017508:Reunion; D003313:Zea mays / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral