Metagenomics Study of the Commercial Tomato Virome Focused on Virus Species of Epidemiological Interest.

ABSTRACT: Plant viruses have detrimental effects on commercial tomato cultivation leading to severe economic consequences. Viral metagenomics studies provide the opportunity to examine in depth the virome composition of a sample set without any pre-existing knowledge of the viral species that are present. In the present study, 101 plant samples were collected from commercial greenhouses in 13 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America between 2017 and 2024. All samples were processed with the VLP enrichment protocol NetoVIR and the obtained data were analyzed with the ViPER pipeline. Forty-three eukaryotic viral species were identified, with a median identification of 2 species per sample. The most prevalent viral species were pepino mosaic virus (PepMV), tomato brown rugose fruit virus (T

SUBMITTER: Zisi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12568099 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature