Phylogeographic analysis of Begomovirus coat and replication-associated proteins.

ABSTRACT: Begomoviruses are globally distributed plant pathogens that significantly limit crop production. These viruses are traditionally described according to phylogeographic distribution and categorized into two groups: begomoviruses from the Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania (AAEO) region and begomoviruses from the Americas. Monopartite begomoviruses are more common in the AAEO region, while bipartite viruses predominate in the Americas, where the begomoviruses lack the V2/AV2 gene involved in inter-cellular movement and RNA silencing suppression found in AAEO begomoviruses. While these features are generally accepted as lineage-defining, the number of known species has doubled due to sequence-based discovery since 2010. To re-evaluate the geographic groupings after the rapid expansion of the ge

SUBMITTER: Crespo-Bellido A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500754 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature