Archives of Virology

, Volume 157, Issue 1, pp 141–146 | Cite as

Begomoviruses infecting weeds in Cuba: increased host range and a novel virus infecting Sida rhombifolia

  • Elvira Fiallo-Olivé
  • Jesús Navas-Castillo
  • Enrique Moriones
  • Yamila Martínez-Zubiaur
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Abstract

As a result of surveys conducted during the last few years to search for wild reservoirs of begomoviruses in Cuba, we detected a novel bipartite begomovirus, sida yellow mottle virus (SiYMoV), infecting Sida rhombifolia plants. The complete genome sequence was obtained, showing that DNA-A was 2622 nucleotides (nt) in length and that it was most closely related (87.6% nucleotide identity) to DNA-A of an isolate of sida golden mosaic virus (SiGMV) that infects snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Florida. The DNA-B sequence was 2600 nt in length and shared the highest nucleotide identity (75.1%) with corchorus yellow spot virus (CoYSV). Phylogenetic relationship analysis showed that both DNA components of SiYMoV were grouped in the Abutilon clade, along with begomoviruses from Florida and the Caribbean islands. We also present here the complete nucleotide sequence of a novel strain of sida yellow vein virus found infecting Malvastrum coromandelianum and an isolate of euphorbia mosaic virus that was found for the first time infecting Euphorbia heterophylla in Cuba.

Keywords

Malvaceae Euphorbiaceae Geminiviridae ssDNA Molecular characterization 
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Acknowledgments

The work in Cuba was partially supported by the International Foundation for Science, Stockholm, Sweden, through a grant (C/4778-1) to E. F.-O. The work in Spain was supported by grant GEN2006-27770-C2-2 (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain, co-financed by FEDER) in the frame of the ERA-NET Plant Genomics project ERA-PG 040B RCA-Genomics (6th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, FP6) and Network 111RT0433 from Fundación CYTED. J. N.-C. and E. M. are members of the Research Group AGR-214, partially funded by the Consejería de Economía, Innovación y Ciencia, Junta de Andalucía, Spain (cofinanced by FEDER-FSE). E. F.-O. was recipient of an MAEC-AECID fellowship (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación, Spain). We thank Iris Palenzuela (CENSA) for her kind help with plant identification, and Remedios Tovar for excellent technical assistance.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Elvira Fiallo-Olivé
    • 1
    • 2
  • Jesús Navas-Castillo
    • 2
  • Enrique Moriones
    • 2
  • Yamila Martínez-Zubiaur
    • 1
  1. 1.Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA)San José de Las LajasCuba
  2. 2.Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental “La Mayora”MálagaSpain

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