title: Alfalfa Leaf Curl Virus: an Aphid-Transmitted Geminivirus.
abstract: The family Geminiviridae comprises seven genera differentiated by genome organization, sequence similarity, and insect vector. Capulavirus, an eighth genus, has been proposed to accommodate two newly discovered highly divergent geminiviruses that presently have no known vector. Alfalfa leaf curl virus, identified here as a third capulavirus, is shown to be transmitted by Aphis craccivora. This is the first report of an aphid-transmitted geminivirus.
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roumagnac
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granier
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernardo
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Maëlle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deshoux
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferdinand
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galzi
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Julian
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abt
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Filloux
authors.affiliation: Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, UMR CNRS/IRD IMBE 7263/237, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Écologie, IUT Agroparc, Avignon, France Tour du Valat, Centre de Recherche pour la Conservation des Zones Humides Méditerranéennes, Le Sambuc-Arles, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mesléard
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Department of Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA Electron Microscope Unit, Division of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varsani
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.affiliation: Computational Biology Group, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, UCT Faculty Of Health Sciences, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Darren P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, UMR BGPI, Campus International de Montferrier-Baillarguet, Montpellier, France michel.peterschmitt@cirad.fr.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peterschmitt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000821:virology*; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*