Evolutionary Dynamics of Begomoviruses and Its Satellites Infecting Papaya in India.

ABSTRACT: The genus Begomovirus represents a group of multipartite viruses that significantly damage many agricultural crops, including papaya, and influence overall production. Papaya leaf curl disease (PaLCD) caused by the complex begomovirus species has several important implications and substantial losses in papaya production in many developing countries, including India. The increase in the number of begomovirus species poses a continuous threat to the overall production of papaya. Here, we attempted to map the genomic variation, mutation, evolution rate, and recombination to know the disease complexity and successful adaptation of PaLCD in India. For this, we retrieved 44 DNA-A and 26 betasatellite sequences from GenBank reported from India. An uneven distribution of evolutionary diverg

SUBMITTER: Srivastava A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171567 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature