Publications by authors named "Rayapati Naidu"

Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) is causing economically important diseases in leguminous crops worldwide. In this study, BCMV isolates from country bean (CB; ), yard-long bean (YLB; ), and rajma bean (RB; ) collected from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Cambodia were characterized. Samples that tested positive for BCMV in serological assays were subjected to high-throughput sequencing to generate near-full-length genome sequences.

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Country bean (, family Fabaceae) is grown in subsistence agriculture in Bangladesh as a multipurpose crop for food, animal feed, and green manure. This study was undertaken to investigate the genetic diversity of bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV, genus , family ) in country beans. Leaf samples from country beans showing yellowing, vein banding, and mosaic symptoms were collected during field surveys between 2015 and 2019 cropping seasons from farmers' fields in different geographic regions.

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  • In April 2023, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) approved changes to the phylum's classification during their annual vote.
  • The update included the addition of one new family, 14 new genera, and 140 new species.
  • Additionally, the taxonomy featured the renaming of two genera and 538 species, along with the removal of one species and the abolition of four others.
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In 2021 and 2022, virus-like symptoms were observed in several cultivars of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) in two fields in central Washington, USA. Affected plants had a range of symptoms at different developmental stages, with young plants having severe stunting with shortened internodes and reduced flower mass. Young leaves of infected plants also showed light green to total yellowing, and twirling with twisting margins (Fig.

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In this study, we describe the identification of a new gammacarmovirus infecting Cucurbita pepo plants showing a range of mosaic, stunting, yellowing, and wilting symptoms. The virus had a narrow host range and mostly produced chlorotic and necrotic local lesions in the majority of the tested plants. However, Nicotiana benthamiana showed systemic symptoms under laboratory conditions.

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  • * It was expanded to include two new families, 41 new genera, and 98 new species, along with reclassifications for 349 species.
  • * The article details the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota, including corrections of misspelled names for seven species.
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The spread of grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) to vineyards planted with certified planting stock is of significant concern to grape growers. In this study, the spatial and temporal spread of GLD was examined in three vineyard blocks planted with virus-tested wine grape () cultivars adjacent to vineyard blocks heavily infected with GLD in two geographic locations in eastern Washington State. During each season, the position of vines showing GLD symptoms was recorded in a matrix representing the planting lattice.

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  • - In March 2021, the ICTV updated the phylum Negarnaviricota by officially ratifying new taxonomy changes.
  • - The revision included the addition of four families, three subfamilies, 42 genera, and 200 species, along with several renaming and abolishing of species.
  • - This article outlines the newly accepted taxonomic structure of Negarnaviricota following the ICTV's decisions.
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Since 2015, several blueberry plants () of cvs. Draper and Top Shelf in an organic farm in eastern Washington State showed reduced growth with deformed leaves displaying chlorotic spots, rings, and red blotches and producing small and poorly ripened berries. The symptomatic plants showed gradual decline within 2 to 3 years post-planting.

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Grapevine red globe virus (GRGV; genus Maculavirus, family Tymoviridae) has been reported in grapevines (Vitis spp.) from Italy, Greece, France, China, Spain and Germany and in California, U.S.

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Since the first report of grapevine rupestris vein feathering virus (GRVFV; genus Marafivirus, family Tymoviridae) in a Greek grapevine causing chlorotic discoloration of leaf veins (El Beaino et al., 2001), GRVFV was reported in some European countries, and in Australia, China, Korea, New Zealand, Uruguay, and Canada (Blouin et al., 2017; Cho et al.

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  • In March 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) made updates to the taxonomic classification of the phylum Negarnaviricota.
  • The revisions included adding 20 new genera, deleting 2, moving 1, and renaming 3 at the genus level, along with significant changes at the species level, such as adding 160 species.
  • The article provides the latest accepted taxonomy for Negarnaviricota as ratified by the ICTV.
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Background: Grapevine leafroll disease is one of the most economically important viral diseases affecting grape production worldwide. Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 4 (GLRaV-4, genus Ampelovirus, family Closteroviridae) is one of the six GLRaV species documented in grapevines (Vitis spp.).

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The complete sequence of the medium (M) and small (S) RNA genome segments were determined for twelve isolates of impatiens necrotic spot virus from eight plant species. The M- and S-RNAs of these isolates shared 97-99% and 93-98% nucleotide sequence identity, respectively, with the corresponding full-length sequences available in public databases. Phylogenetic analysis based on the M- or S-RNA sequences showed incongruence in the phylogenetic position of some isolates, suggesting intraspecies segment reassortment.

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Viral diseases provide a major challenge to twenty-first century agriculture worldwide. Climate change and human population pressures are driving rapid alterations in agricultural practices and cropping systems that favor destructive viral disease outbreaks. Such outbreaks are strikingly apparent in subsistence agriculture in food-insecure regions.

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  • * A total of 11 new genera and 77 new species were also added, while one species was deleted and two species were merged.
  • * The article provides the revised taxonomy of Bunyavirales as recognized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
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Tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV) is emerging as a significant constraint to vegetable and legume crops in the Americas. The complete genome sequence of a TCSV isolate naturally infecting peanut () in Haiti was determined in the effort to build epidemiological knowledge of the virus.

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Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) has historically been the major tospovirus present in North America. Recent emergence of Groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) and Tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV) in Florida and the Caribbean has complicated reliable identification of tospoviruses in this region. Field symptoms of these three tospoviruses are indistinguishable in most host plants, and commercially available TSWV lateral-flow immunoassay reagents cross react with GRSV and TCSV, leading to incorrect diagnoses of GRSV or TCSV as TSWV.

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In October 2018, the order Bunyavirales was amended by inclusion of the family Arenaviridae, abolishment of three families, creation of three new families, 19 new genera, and 14 new species, and renaming of three genera and 22 species. This article presents the updated taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales as now accepted by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

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Vineyard surveys were conducted for three consecutive seasons in eastern Washington State, the major grapevine-growing region in the state, to document the occurrence of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) and Grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV). The majority of samples were collected from red-berried wine grape (Vitis vinifera) cultivars exhibiting symptoms of or suspected for grapevine leafroll (GLD) and red blotch (GRBD) diseases. A limited number of samples from white-berried cultivars were collected randomly due to the lack of visual symptoms.

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Infectious cDNA clones were developed for Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3, genus Ampelovirus, family Closteroviridae). In vitro RNA transcripts generated from cDNA clones showed replication via the production of 3'-coterminal subgenomic (sg) mRNAs in Nicotiana benthamiana protoplasts. The detection of sgRNAs and the recovery of progeny recombinant virions from N.

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Despite being the first closterovirus documented in grapevines (Vitis sp.), the molecular biology of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1 (GLRaV-1, genus Ampelovirus, family Closteroviridae) is still in its infancy. In this study, the complete genome sequence of two GLRaV-1 isolates was determined to be 18,731 (isolate WA-CH) and 18,946 (isolate WA-PN) nucleotides (nt).

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Tospoviruses (genus Tospovirus, family Bunyaviridae) are responsible for major losses in an extensive range of crops worldwide. New species of these single-stranded, ambisense RNA viruses regularly emerge and have been shown to maintain heterogeneous populations with individual isolates having quite variable biological and virulence characteristics. Most tospovirus phylogenetic studies have focused on analysis of a single gene, most often the nucleocapsid protein gene.

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A SYBR(®) Green-based real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) assay in combination with melt-curve analysis (MCA) was optimized for the detection of nine grapevine viruses. The detection limits for simplex qRT-PCR for all nine grapevine viruses were estimated to be in the range of 214-1112 copies of the virus genome. Amplicons with melting temperatures (Tm) separated by at least 2°C in the MCA could differentiate two viruses in the same reaction.

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