First Report of Tomato Apical Leaf Curl Virus Infecting Tomato in Brazil

Geminiviridae and Alphasatellitidae Diversity Revealed by Metagenomic Analysis of Susceptible and Tolerant Tomato Cultivars across Distinct Brazilian Biomes

“…However, we detected the presence of the topilevirus ToALCV in Sao Paulo State (Southeast region) in samples SP-172 and SP-173, both originating from Santo Antônio da Posse (SP) in 2015. As far as we know, the presence of ToALCV infecting tomato plants was restricted to the central region of Brazil [71]. The first reports of topileviruses associated with tomato crops were carried out in Brazil [70] and in Argentina [48].…”

“…Currently, only two species are reported: tomato-associated geminivirus [70] and tomato apical leaf curl virus [48]. Immediately after the report, tomato apical leaf curl virus (ToALCV) was detected for the first time infecting tomato plants in Central Brazil [71]. Since then, ToALCV has been reported to be associated with tomatoes in other surveys across the Brazilian Central-West area [71].…”

“…Immediately after the report, tomato apical leaf curl virus (ToALCV) was detected for the first time infecting tomato plants in Central Brazil [71]. Since then, ToALCV has been reported to be associated with tomatoes in other surveys across the Brazilian Central-West area [71]. Analyses based on the amino acids of the CP protein were used to propose that ToALCV can be transmitted by the planthopper Micrutalis maleifera (family Membracidae).…”

A Temporal Diversity Analysis of Brazilian Begomoviruses in Tomato Reveals a Decrease in Species Richness between 2003 and 2016

“…In this survey, six viruses, including the newly reported capula-like virus ToALCV with~32,000 reads, were identified by HTS. ToALCV is a monopartite virus, and was recently described in Argentina (Vaghi Medina et al, 2018) and in the Federal District of Brazil (Batista et al, 2019). Thus, despite being recently described, the virus had been present in samples collected between 2003 and 2005.…”