Genomic characterization of recombinant cucumber mosaic virus isolates infecting mustard species via HTS in India

Abstract

Mustard belonging to the family Brassicaceae is not only an essential source of edible oil in India but also a condiment and vegetable leaf source. After soybean, mustard is India's second most significant oilseed crop. There are three major varieties of mustard: yellow mustard (Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis), thought to have Mediterranean origin; brown mustard, sometimes known as Indian mustard (Brassica juncea); and black mustard (B. nigra), thought to have Asia Minor-Iran origin. Several viruses have been found to infect mustard in India, including turnip yellows virus (TuYV) (Sharma et al., 2013), turnip mosaic virus (TuMV)