title: Genetic variability of blueberry scorch virus isolates from highbush blueberry in New York State.
abstract: The genetic variability of blueberry scorch virus (BlScV) isolates from New York was determined within a portion of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene and the triple gene block and coat protein (CP) genes. Phylogenetic analysis of 19 New York isolates and other isolates for which sequence information is available in GenBank revealed two distinct clades, regardless of the coding region analyzed, and limited variability within (0.029 ± 0.007) and between (0.183 ± 0.032) phylogroups. Recombination events were identified in the CP gene of three New York isolates, and codons of the five BlScV genes characterized were found to be under neutral or negative selective pressure.
authors: Department of Plath Pathology, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska Street, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland, ela_kalinowska@op.pl.
authors: Elżbieta
authors: E
authors: Kalinowska
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Marsella-Herrick
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D029798:Blueberry Plants / Q000821:virology*; D017788:Carlavirus / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*