Abstract

LOPEZ-LOPEZ, Karina; JARA-TEJADA, Frenyiline  and  VACA-VACA, Juan Carlos. Molecular characterization of a new Begomovirus isolated from five weeds species collected in tomato crops in Valle del Cauca. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.3, pp.528-537. ISSN 0120-548X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v24n3.79366.

The weeds are alternative hosts of begomoviruses (Geminiviridae), which facilitate their persistence and propagation to crops of agronomic interest, such as tomatoes. The objective of this investigation was to obtain the complete genome of a bipartite begomovirus found in Amaranthus dubius, Rivina humilis, Rhynchosia minima, Desmodium sp. and Caesalpinia sp., which were collected in tomato crops in Ginebra and Cerrito, Valle del Cauca. The genome of the begomovirus was obtained using rolling circle amplification and digestion with the enzymes EcoRI and EcoRV, which cut the genomic component A and B, respectively. These fragments were cloned, sequenced, and analyzed. Finally, the presence of this begomovirus in all weeds was verified by specific PCR. Three EcoRI clones and five EcoRV clones were obtained. The fragments carrying components A and B have a size of 2 584 and 2 543 nt, respectively. The analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the begomoviral A genome with other previously reported begomoviruses showed the highest identity (90.9 %) with the Rhynchosia golden mosaic virus Yucatán. Based on the current demarcation criterion for the Begomovirus species established by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, the geminivirus isolated from the weeds A. dubius, R. humilis, R. minima, Desmodium sp. and Caesalpinia sp., constitutes a new begomoviral species. Based on the symptoms observed in the field, the name of the Rhynchosia golden mosaic Colombia virus is proposed to designate this new species.

Keywords : Geminivirus; polymerase chain reaction; Solanaceae; whitefly.

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