Tomato leaf curl China virus explained

Tomato leaf curl China virus is a virus that infects tomato plants in China and was first described in 2011. The virus infects tomatoes in the Chinese province of Guangxi, and it is transmitted by the whitefly.^[1] The current EPPO name is TOLCCV, but its original name in the literature was ToLCCNV.^[2]

It belongs to the genus Begomovirus, which also contains the tomato yellow leaf curl China virus.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Yang . Xiuling . Guo . Wei . Ma . Xinying . An . Qianli . Zhou . Xueping . Molecular Characterization of Tomato Leaf Curl China Virus, Infecting Tomato Plants in China, and Functional Analyses of Its Associated Betasatellite . Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 2011 . 77 . 9 . 3092–3101 . 10.1128/AEM.00017-11 . 21378048 . 3126389 . 2011ApEnM..77.3092Y . A novel tomato-infecting begomovirus from Guangxi province, China, was identified and characterized.
2. Web site: Tomato leaf curl China virus (TOLCCV)[Overview]| EPPO Global Database.
3. Cui . Xiaofeng . Tao . Xiaorong . Xie . Yan . Fauquet . Claude M. . Zhou . Xueping . A DNAβ Associated with Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl China Virus Is Required for Symptom Induction . Journal of Virology . December 2004 . 78 . 24 . 13966–13974 . 10.1128/JVI.78.24.13966-13974.2004 . 15564504 . 533896 .