First Report of Bean Common Mosaic Virus Infecting Flowering Ginger (Alpinia purpurata) in Hawaii

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Molecular Characterization of an Isolate of Bean Common Mosaic Virus First Identified in Gardenia Using Metatranscriptome and Small RNA Sequencing

“…With the extensive investigation of plant viruses and the widespread use of high-throughput sequencing technology, more and more hosts outside the leguminous plants have been found to be natural hosts of BCMV. According to the published literature, there are currently at least four plant species outside the family Leguminosae found to be the natural host of BCMV, including Cudrania tricuspidata ( Seo et al, 2015 ), Alpinia purpurata ( Larrea-Sarmiento et al, 2020 ), Nandina domestica ( Su et al, 2022 ), and Populus alba ( Wang et al, 2023 ). Among them, only BCMV identified in Cudrania tricuspidata and Nandina domestica are reported with complete genome sequence.…”

“…Nevertheless, the hosts of BCMV are generally thought to be restricted to leguminous plants ( Sáiz et al, 1994 ; Wang et al, 2023 ). With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technology, more and more plants outside legume species have been reported as novel hosts of BCMV, including Cudrania tricuspidata ( Seo et al, 2015 ), Alpinia purpurata ( Larrea-Sarmiento et al, 2020 ), and Nandina domestica ( Su et al, 2022 ).…”