{"title":"First report of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus in Lagenaria siceraria var. longissima in Italy","authors":"Elisa TROIANO, Giuseppe PARRELLA","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14147","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"During 2022, a new disease of bottle gourd, causing leaf mosaic and yellowing symptoms, was observed in a private garden in the Campania region, Southern Italy. Incidence of disease was high (up to 80% of plants with symptoms). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with coat protein specific primers to tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) indicated association of a begomovirus with the disease. The sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis of the complete DNA genome further revealed the virus as within ToLCNDV-ES strain. Nevertheless, phylogenetic relationships showed two distinctive subgroups among ToLCNDV-ES isolates, with subgroup I composed only of ToLCNDV-ES isolates identified in the Campania region, including the isolate found in bottle gourd. The possible evolutionary forces that determined evolution of the two subgroups within the ToLCNDV-ES strain, including the role of the vector and cultural practices, are briefly analyzed and discussed.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14147","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AGRONOMY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
During 2022, a new disease of bottle gourd, causing leaf mosaic and yellowing symptoms, was observed in a private garden in the Campania region, Southern Italy. Incidence of disease was high (up to 80% of plants with symptoms). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with coat protein specific primers to tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) indicated association of a begomovirus with the disease. The sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis of the complete DNA genome further revealed the virus as within ToLCNDV-ES strain. Nevertheless, phylogenetic relationships showed two distinctive subgroups among ToLCNDV-ES isolates, with subgroup I composed only of ToLCNDV-ES isolates identified in the Campania region, including the isolate found in bottle gourd. The possible evolutionary forces that determined evolution of the two subgroups within the ToLCNDV-ES strain, including the role of the vector and cultural practices, are briefly analyzed and discussed.
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Phytopathologia Mediterranea is an international journal edited by the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union. The journal’s mission is the promotion of plant health for Mediterranean crops, climate and regions, safe food production, and the transfer of new knowledge on plant diseases and their sustainable management.
The journal deals with all areas of plant pathology, including etiology, epidemiology, disease control, biochemical and physiological aspects, and utilization of molecular technologies. All types of plant pathogens are covered, including fungi, oomycetes, nematodes, protozoa, bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses, and viroids. The journal also gives a special attention to research on mycotoxins, biological and integrated management of plant diseases, and the use of natural substances in disease and weed control. The journal focuses on pathology of Mediterranean crops grown throughout the world.
The Editorial Board of Phytopathologia Mediterranea has recently been reorganised, under two Editors-in-Chief and with an increased number of editors.