Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus explained

Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV) is a virus which contains 25 isolates. It infects plants as different as tobacco and tomato, as well as genetically modified plants. Petunias can be infected, but show no symptoms. The microbiology of the virus has been studied in the Chinese province of Yunnan. Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus belongs to the genus Begomovirus,^[1] which also contains the tomato leaf curl China virus.^[2]

The tomato yellow leaf curl China virus DNA sequence contains 2734 nucleotides and is transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.^[3]

History

In 2007, it was reported for the first time ever that tomato yellow leaf curl China virus now infects the kidney bean in China.^[4]

In 2019, it emerged that the tomato yellow leaf curl China virus impairs photosynthesis in certain infected plants.^[5]

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. 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 .
3. Yin . Qinyan . Yang . Huaiyi . Gong . Qianhong . Wang . Huanyu . Liu . Yule . Hong . Yiguo . Tien . Po . Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus: monopartite genome organization and agroinfection of plants . Virus Research . December 2001 . 81 . 1–2 . 69–76 . 10.1016/s0168-1702(01)00363-x . 11682126 .
4. Dong . J. H. . Luo . Y. Q. . Ding . M. . Zhang . Z. K. . Yang . C. K . First report of Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus infecting kidney bean in China . Plant Pathology . April 2007 . 56 . 2 . 342 . 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01472.x . free .
5. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl China Virus Impairs Photosynthesis in the Infected Nicotiana benthamiana with βC1 as an Aggravating Factor. 10.5423/PPJ.OA.04.2019.0120. 2019. Farooq. Tahir. Liu. Dandan. Zhou. Xueping. Yang. Qiuying. The Plant Pathology Journal. 35. 5. 521–529. 31632226. 6788413.