title: Complete nucleotide sequence of a virus associated with rusty mottle disease of sweet cherry (Prunus avium).
abstract: Cherry rusty mottle is a disease of sweet cherries first described in 1940 in western North America. Because of the graft-transmissible nature of the disease, a viral nature of the disease was assumed. Here, the complete genomic nucleotide sequences of virus isolates from two trees expressing cherry rusty mottle disease symptoms are characterized; the virus is designated cherry rusty mottle associated virus (CRMaV). The biological and molecular characteristics of this virus in comparison to those of cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus (CNRMV) and cherry green ring mottle virus (CGRMV) are described. CRMaV was subsequently detected in additional sweet cherry trees expressing symptoms of cherry rusty mottle disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, Prosser, WA 99350, USA.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Villamor
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Druffel
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Eastwell
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009656:North America; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D027861:Prunus / Q000821:virology*; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral