Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus


Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus 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, and it should not be confused with tomato leaf curl China virus, which is in the same genus.
The tomato yellow leaf curl China virus DNA sequence contains 2734 nucleotides and is transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.

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.