Malvastrum leaf curl Guangdong virus is a distinct monopartite begomovirus

Virus isolates GD6, GD7, GD8, GD9 and GD10 were obtained from Malvastrum coromandelianum showing leaf curl symptoms in Guangdong Province of China. A specific 500 bp product was consistently detected in total DNA extracts, amplified with universal primers specific for members of the genus Begomovirus. Analysis of their partial DNA sequences revealed that they are isolates of the same begomovirus species, sharing 92·8%–97·1% nucleotide sequence identity. The complete DNA sequences of both GD6 and GD9 were found to be 2767 nucleotides, with all the characteristic features of begomovirus genome organization. The two isolates have less than 85·2% nucleotide sequence identity with other reported begomoviruses. Consequently, GD6 and GD9 are considered to be isolates of a novel begomovirus species, for which the name Malvastrum leaf curl Guangdong virus (MLCuGdV) is proposed. Sequence analyses suggest that MLCuGdV may have arisen by recombination between viruses related to Papaya leaf curl China virus , Tomato leaf curl Philippines virus and other undiscovered virus ancestors. Neither the DNA-B component nor the DNAβ molecule associated with these begomovirus isolates was found. An infectious clone of GD6 was constructed. GD6 efficiently infected Nicotiana benthamiana , N. glutinosa and Petunia hybrida by agro-inoculation, and Malvastrum coromandelianum by whitefly transmission, inducing leaf curling, vein swelling and stunting symptoms. GD6 was also infectious in N. tabacum , but did not induce observable disease symptoms.     

从福建分离的广东赛葵曲叶病毒的分子特征

 从中国福建省表现曲叶和脉突症状的赛葵上分离到病毒分离物FJ1~FJ6。利用菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒的特异性简并引物PA/PB,在所有6个分离物中都分离到了约500bp长度的病毒部分DNA片段。这些DNA片段与已报道的广东赛葵曲叶病毒(Malvastrum leaf curl Guangdong virus,MLCuGdV)的核苷酸序列同源性高达90%-93%。随机挑选FJ3分离物进行全基因组DNA的克隆测序。结果表明,FJ3 DNA全长2765个核苷酸,具有典型的双生病毒科病毒的基因组结构特征,与MLCuGdV的同源性为92.9%,表明FJ3是MLCuGdV的一个分离物。系统进化分析表明,除了MLCuGdV,FJ3与其它赛葵上分离到的双生病毒的亲缘关系都较远,而与分离自中国南方番木瓜上的双生病毒聚成簇,有较近的亲缘关系。进一步比较分析各蛋白编码的氨基酸序列发现,FJ3可能是一个种间重组分子,它可能是由中国番木瓜曲叶病毒或广东番木瓜曲叶病毒和另外的未知病毒重组产生的。     

浙江省2种归化植物新记录

报道了笔者在野外调查时发现的2种浙江省归化新记录植物,分别是赛葵Malvastrum coromandelianum （Linn.） Gürcke和白苞猩猩草Euphorbia heterophylla Linn.,其中赛葵属Malvastrum A. Gray是浙江新记录属。赛葵发现于温州洞头,白苞猩猩草发现于舟山。引证标本存放于浙江林学院植物标本馆（ZJFC）。参16     

四川米易赛葵上粉虱传双生病毒的分子鉴定及复合侵染检测

为了明确四川米易赛葵上的双生病毒种类及复合侵染情况,基于滚环扩增PCR（RCA-PCR）技术,利用双生病毒DNA-A、DNA-B及卫星DNA的通用引物对四川米易表现黄脉症状的12个赛葵样品进行了检测,并对其序列进行分析。双生病毒的检出率高达92%;共检出云南赛葵黄脉病毒（Malvastrum yellow vein Yunnan virus,MYVYNV）、赛葵黄脉病毒（Malvastrum yellow vein virus,MYVV）及中国番茄黄化曲叶病毒（Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus,TYLCCNV）等3种双生病毒,复合侵染率高达67%;11个阳性样品中共检测到两类卫星DNAβ分子,分别与MYVYNV伴随的DNAβ（MYVYNB-[Y160],98.4%～98.7%）和MYVV伴随的DNAβ（MYVB-[Y197],98.5%～98.7%）的序列相似性最高;未扩增到DNA-B及DNAα分子。表明病毒DNA-A与卫星DNAβ以病害复合体形式存在,且DNAβ可伴随异源辅助病毒。