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Diversity of European begomoviruses: identification of a new disease complex *
Author(s) -
Briddon R. W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2338.2002.d01-18.x
Subject(s) - begomovirus , honeysuckle , abutilon , biology , leaf curl , plant virus , geminiviridae , virology , virus , whitefly , mediterranean basin , botany , weed , mediterranean climate , ecology , medicine , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , pathology
The diversity of whitefly‐transmitted begomoviruses in Europe is low, most being exotic, introduced species. The only agriculturally important viruses are two species causing tomato yellow leaf curl. These viruses are believed to have originated in the Middle East but have since spread right across the Mediterranean region. Two ornamentals ( Abutilon and Lonicera japonica ) were introduced into Europe from the New World and the Far East, respectively, for the striking symptoms induced by the viruses which infect them. The virus infecting honeysuckle ( Honeysuckle yellow vein mosaic virus ) has been shown to be part of newly identified cluster of begomoviruses which require an additional component, a satellite molecule termed DNA β, to induce symptoms in their host plants. A further begomovirus, Ipomoea yellow vein virus , which infects the weed Ipomoea indica , is present in the Mediterranean region. The precise origin and relationship of this virus to other begomoviruses is unclear.