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Detection of a Fovea‐like Virus in African Oil Palms Affected by a Lethal ‘Ringspot’ Disease in South America
Author(s) -
Morales F. J.,
Lozano I.,
Velasco A. C.,
Arroyave J. A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0434.2002.00820.x
Subject(s) - biology , virus , virology , mottle , palm oil , palm , botany , gene sequence , plant virus , gene , 16s ribosomal rna , genetics , agroforestry , physics , quantum mechanics
A virus with filamentous particles ca. 800 nm long was consistently associated with a lethal disease of young African oil palms, referred to as ‘ringspot’ in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, South America. Partial molecular characterization showed the virus to be distinct but related [51–67% amino acid (AA) sequence identities in ORF 1] to two tentative species of the genus Foveavirus, namely Cherry green ring mottle virus and Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus; 40–62% AA sequence identities were observed for the same region of the African oil palm virus and the foveaviruses Apple stem pitting virus and Rupestris stem pitting‐associated virus , respectively.