Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in Kuwait and global analysis of the population structure and evolutionary pattern of TYLCV.

ABSTRACT: Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (Family Geminiviridae, Genus Begomovirus) is a serious menace in the cultivation of tomato causing Tomato leaf curl disease (ToLCD). Recently, we presented the TYLCV isolates having additional genomic features (nucleotides insertions) characterized from the tomato fields of Kuwait adding up to the genetic diversity repertoire of these viruses. The widespread prevalence of disease in tropics across the continents, emergence of genetic variants and ever increasing complete genome sequences of virus isolates in public database warrant a global analysis to infer the genetic diversity, evolutionary pattern so as to devise suitable disease control stratagems. Molecular phylogeny suggested the monophyletic origin of the TYLCV Kuwait isolates and TYLCV reported from A

SUBMITTER: Akbar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603944 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature