title: Opium poppy mosaic virus, a new umbravirus isolated from Papaver somniferum in New Zealand.
abstract: A novel virus, tentatively named "opium poppy mosaic virus" (OPMV), was isolated from Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) with leaf mosaic and mottling symptoms in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006. The virus was mechanically transmitted to herbaceous plants of several species, in which it induced local and/or systemic symptoms. No virus particles were observed by electron microscopy in the diseased P. somniferum or any of the symptomatic herbaceous plants. The complete genomic sequence of 4230 nucleotides contains four open reading frames (ORF) and is most closely related (59.3 %) to tobacco bushy top virus, a member of the genus Umbravirus. These data suggest that OPMV is a new umbravirus.
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, PO Box 2095, Auckland, New Zealand. Joe.Tang@mpi.govt.nz.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, PO Box 2095, Auckland, New Zealand. Benedicte.lebas@mpi.govt.nz.
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lebas
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, PO Box 2095, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Lia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liefting
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, PO Box 2095, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Veerakone
authors.affiliation: Molecular Virology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 2000, PO RBWH, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, PO Box 2095, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009520:New Zealand; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010207:Papaver / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*