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A new potyvirus from butterfly flower (Iris japonica Thunb.) in Zhejiang, China

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A filamentous virus isolated from Iris japonica with mosaic symptoms was pathogenic to I. japonica and I. bulleyana but not to 12 virus indicator species. Sequencing of the 3′-terminus of the genome showed that it was a potyvirus, most closely related to sunflower mosaic virus (63.2% identical), and phylogenetic analysis also showed a more distant grouping with tobacco etch and Colombian datura viruses. The virus was detected by RT-PCR in symptomatic I. japonica plants from several regions of China. The virus appears to be an isolate of a new species in the genus Potyvirus, tentatively named butterfly flower mosaic virus.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Ms. Bixia Qing, Department of Plant Protection, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning city, China for her kind help with the biological work. The work was funded by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (ZA0207), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30200008, 30470080) and the National Basic Research (973) Program (2006CB708209). Rothamsted Research receives grant-aided support from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom.

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  1. Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    J. Chen, Y.-H. Shi & M.-Y. Li

  2. Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, People’s Republic of China

    J. Chen & J.-P. Chen

  3. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK

    M. J. Adams

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Chen, J., Shi, YH., Li, MY. et al. A new potyvirus from butterfly flower (Iris japonica Thunb.) in Zhejiang, China. Arch Virol 153, 567–569 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-007-0014-5

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