1. Identification of the Begomoviruses Squash Leaf Curl Virus and Watermelon Chlorotic Stunt Virus in Various Plant Samples in North America
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Pierre Lefeuvre, Gerardo R. Argüello-Astorga, Arvind Varsani, Simone G. Ribeiro, Simona Kraberger, Lucas C. Majure, Philippe Roumagnac, Jesús Aarón Avalos-Calleros, Ilaria N. Cobb, Kara Schmidlin, Amulya Bhaskara, Andrew M. Salywon, Rafaela S. Fontenele, Darren P. Martin, Arizona State University [Tempe] (ASU), The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine and School of Life sciences, University of Texas at Dallas [Richardson] (UT Dallas), School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia [Prince George] (UNBC), Florida Museum of Natural History [Gainesville], University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF), Desert Botanical Garden, Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (IPICYT), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [Mexico] (CONACYT), Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (UMR PHIM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Département Systèmes Biologiques (Cirad-BIOS), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia [Brasília], University of Cape Town, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical (UMR PVBMT), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Structural Biology Research Unit [Cape Town], Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences [Cape Town], University of Cape Town-University of Cape Town, The molecular work was supported by a start-up grant awarded to AV from Arizona State University, USA., RAFAELA S. FONTENELE, Arizona State University, USA, AMULYA BHASKARA, Arizona State University, USA, ILARIA N. COBB, Arizona State University, USA, LUCAS C. MAJURE, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, ANDREW M. SALYWON, Desert Botanical Garden, USA, JESÚS A. AVALOS-CALLEROS, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Mexico, GERARDO R. ARGÜELLO-ASTORGA, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Mexico, KARA SCHMIDLIN, Arizona State University, USA, PHILIPPE ROUMAGNAC, CIRAD, UMR PHIM, France, SIMONE DA GRACA RIBEIRO, Cenargen, SIMONA KRABERGER, Arizona State University, USA, DARREN P. MARTIN, University of Cape Town, South Africa, PIERRE LEFEUVRE, CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, France, ARVIND VARSANI, Arizona State University, USA., Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,pseudo-recombination ,Bemisia tabaci ,01 natural sciences ,Plant Viruses ,2. Zero hunger ,Recombination, Genetic ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,food and beverages ,Genomics ,Plants ,QR1-502 ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Phenotype ,Geminiviridae ,Begomovirus ,Cucurbitaceae ,Solanaceae ,Whitefly ,Genome, Viral ,Microbiology ,Virus ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Pseudo-recombination ,begomovirus ,Virology ,Botany ,H20 - Maladies des plantes ,Génome ,Computational Biology ,Virus des végétaux ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,biology.organism_classification ,Recombination ,recombination ,Recombinaison ,030104 developmental biology ,Oleaceae ,North America ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Geminiviruses are a group of plant-infecting viruses with single-stranded DNA genomes. Within this family, viruses in the genus Begomovirus are known to have a worldwide distribution causing a range of severe diseases in a multitude of dicotyledonous plant species. Begomoviruses are transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, and their ssDNA genomes can be either monopartite or bipartite. As part of a viral survey, various plants including those in the families Alliaceae, Amaranthaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Cactaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Malvaceae, Oleaceae and Solanaceae were sampled and screened for begomoviruses using both a high-throughput sequencing and a begomovirus-specific primer pair approach. Based on the sequences derived using these approaches, the full-length genome of various begomoviruses were amplified from plants using abutting primers. Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (WCSV) were identified in Cactaceae (n = 25), Solanaceae (n = 7), Cucurbitaceae (n = 2) and Lamiaceae (n = 1) samples. WCSV is an Old World bipartite begomovirus that has only recently been discovered infecting watermelons in the Americas. Our discovery of WCSV in the USA is the first indication that it has reached this country and indicates that this virus might be widespread throughout North America. Phylogenetic analysis suggests WCSV was introduced to the New World twice. The detection of begomoviruses in cactus plants suggests possible spillover events from agricultural areas into native vegetation. Since WCSV and SLCV have previously been found in mixed infections, pseudo-recombination infection experiments were conducted. We demonstrate that WCSV DNA-B is successfully trans-replicated by SLCV DNA-A despite very low degree of similarity between the replication-associated iterative sequences present in their common region, an essential feature for binding of the replication associated protein. This study highlights the importance of viral surveys for the detection of spillover events into native vegetation, but also suggests the need for more surveillance of WCSV in the USA, as this virus is a serious threat to watermelon cultivation in the Middle East.
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- 2021
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