Genetic Diversity, Pathogenicity and Pseudorecombination of Cucurbit-Infecting Begomoviruses in Malaysia

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 11; p. 2396
• Main Authors: Chen, Yu-Jeng, Lai, Hsuan-Chun, Lin, Chung-Cheng, Neoh, Zhuan Yi, Tsai, Wen-Shi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 06.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: agroinoculation; Cotton; Crop diseases; Crops; Cucurbita; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Genetic diversity; genetic variation; Genomes; Gourds; Host range; Lagenaria siceraria; leaf curling; Leaf-curl; Leaves; Malaysia; mixed infection; Momordica charantia; Nucleotide sequence; nucleotide sequences; Pathogenicity; Pathogens; Plant diseases; Plant resistance; Plant virus diseases; Plant viruses; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence analysis; Squash leaf curl China virus; squashes; Symptomology; Tobacco; Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus; Tomatoes; Viruses; Philippines; Malaysia; Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus; Squash leaf curl China virus; host range; polymerase chain reaction; agroinoculation

Cucurbits are important crops in the world. However, leaf curl disease constrains their production. Here, begomovirus diversity and pathogenicity associated with the disease in Malaysia were studied based on 49 begomovirus-detected out of 69 symptomatic plants from seven cucurbit crops in 15 locatio...