Tomato chocolate virus: a new plant virus infecting tomato and a proposed member of the genus Torradovirus.

ABSTRACT: A new virus was isolated from a tomato plant from Guatemala showing necrotic spots on the bases of the leaves and chocolate-brown patches on the fruits. Structural and molecular analysis showed the virus to be clearly related to but distinct from the recently described Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) and Tomato marchitez virus (ToMarV), both members of the genus Torradovirus. The name tomato chocolàte virus is proposed for this new torradovirus.

SUBMITTER: Verbeek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2861173 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature