Senna leaf curl virus: a novel begomovirus identified in Senna occidentalis.
Begomoviruses are whitefly-transmitted, single-stranded DNA viruses that infect a variety of cultivated (crop) and non-cultivated (weed) plants. The present study identified a novel begomovirus and satellites (alpha- and betasatellite) in Senna occidentalis (syn. Cassia occidentalis) showing leaf curl symptoms. The begomovirus shared a maximum sequence identity of 88.6 % with french bean leaf curl virus (JQ866297), whereas the alphasatellite and the betasatellite shared identities of 98 % and 90 % with ageratum yellow vein India alphasatellite (LK054802) and papaya leaf curl betasatellite (HM143906), respectively. No other begomovirus or satellites were detected in the suspected plants. We propose to name the virus "senna leaf curl virus" (SenLCuV).
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India.|Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Jitesh
J
Kumar
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India.
Anshu
A
Alok
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India. jitsingh27281@gmail.com.
Jitendra
J
Kumar
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India. rakeshtuli@hotmail.com.|University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. rakeshtuli@hotmail.com.
Rakesh
R
Tuli
D053839:Begomovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D029846:Senna Plant / Q000821:virology*