Identification of viruses infecting six plum cultivars in Korea by RNA-sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plums are a kind of stone fruit, a category that includes peaches, cherries, apricots, and almonds. In Korea, Japanese plum trees are usually cultivated as they best suit the climate. To date, there have been few studies in Korea on viruses infecting plum trees compared to those infecting peach trees.

Methods

To identify viruses and viroids infecting plum trees, we collected leaf samples from six different plum cultivars and subjected them to RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq). Six different plum transcriptomes were de novo assembled using the Trinity assembler followed by BLAST searching against a viral reference database.

Results

We identified hop stunt viroid (HSVd) and six viruses, including apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), little cherry virus-1 (LChV-1),

SUBMITTER: Jo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395596 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature