title: Deinbollia mosaic virus: a novel begomovirus infecting the sapindaceous weed Deinbollia borbonica in Kenya and Tanzania.
abstract: Four isolates of a bipartite begomovirus from naturally infected Deinbollia borbonica plants exhibiting yellow mosaic symptoms in Kenya and Tanzania were molecularly characterised. The DNA-A was most closely related to that of tomato leaf curl Mayotte virus (AM701764; 82%), while the DNA-B shared the highest nucleotide sequence identity with that of East African cassava mosaic virus (AJ704953) at 65%. Based on the current ICTV species demarcation criterion for the genus Begomovirus (≥91% sequence identity for the complete DNA-A), we report the full-length genome sequence of this novel bipartite begomovirus. The results reveal additional diversity and reservoir hosts of begomoviruses in East Africa.
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, P.O. Box 30709-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. m.kyalo@cgiar.org.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2837-5325
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kyallo
authors.affiliation: Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 6226, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sseruwagi
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, P.O. Box 30709-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.|International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Skilton
authors.affiliation: School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Mildred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ochwo-Ssemakula
authors.affiliation: School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wasswa
authors.affiliation: Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 6226, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ndunguru
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D053839:Begomovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D007630:Kenya; D009029:Mosaic Viruses / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D029631:Sapindaceae / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013636:Tanzania
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral