title: New Mexico and the southwestern US are affected by a unique population of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) strains.
abstract: Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is an important pathogen of many ornamental, greenhouse and agronomic crops worldwide. TSWV also causes sporadic problems in a number of crops in New Mexico (NM). Nucleocapsid gene sequences obtained from six different crop species across the state over four different years were used to characterize the NM TSWV population. This analysis shows that NM is affected by a unique TSWV population that is part of larger independent population present in the southwestern US. This population likely arose due to geographic isolation and is related to other TSWV populations from the US, Spain, and Italy.
authors.affiliation: Extension Plant Sciences Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: French
authors.affiliation: Extension Plant Sciences Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology Plant Pathology and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology Plant Pathology and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA. shanson@nmsu.edu.
authors.forename: S F
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5044-0210
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hanson
mesh_terms: D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007558:Italy; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000821:virology*; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013030:Spain; D017865:Tospovirus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; C099603:nucleocapsid protein, Tospovirus