title: Desmodium mottle virus, the first legumovirus (genus Begomovirus) from East Africa.
abstract: A novel bipartite legumovirus (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae), that naturally infects the wild leguminous plant Desmodium sp. in Uganda, was molecularly characterized and named Desmodium mottle virus. The highest nucleotide identities for DNA-A, obtained from two field-collected samples, were 79.9% and 80.1% with the legumovirus, soybean mild mottle virus. DNA-B had the highest nucleotide identities (65.4% and 66.4%) with a typical non-legumovirus Old World begomovirus, African cassava mosaic virus. This is the first report of a legumovirus in East Africa and extends the known diversity of begomoviruses found infecting wild plants in this continent.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental "La Mayora", 29750, Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Happyness G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Mollel
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: Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 6226, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ndunguru
authors.affiliation: National Crops Resources Research Institute, Namulonge, P.O. Box 7084, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Titus
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alicai
authors.affiliation: Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colvin
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental "La Mayora", 29750, Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navas-Castillo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental "La Mayora", 29750, Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain. efiallo@eelm.csic.es.
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2460-1199
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiallo-Olivé
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D053839:Begomovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral