Complete Genome Sequence of Southern tomato virus Identified in China Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Chellappan Padmanabhan; Yi Zheng; Rugang Li; Shu-E Sun; Deyong Zhang; Yong Liu; Zhangjun Fei; Kai-Shu Ling

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01226-15

Complete Genome Sequence of Southern tomato virus Identified in China Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Genome Announc. 2015 Oct 22;3(5):e01226-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01226-15.

Authors

Chellappan Padmanabhan¹, Yi Zheng², Rugang Li¹, Shu-E Sun³, Deyong Zhang³, Yong Liu³, Zhangjun Fei⁴, Kai-Shu Ling⁵

Affiliations

¹ USDA-Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
² Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
³ Hunan Plant Protection Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.
⁴ Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York, USA.
⁵ USDA-Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, USA kai.ling@ars.usda.gov.

Abstract

The complete genome sequence of Southern tomato virus (STV), a double-stranded RNA virus that affects tomato in China, was determined using small RNA deep sequencing. This Chinese isolate shares 99% sequence identity to other isolates from Mexico, France, Spain, and the United States. This is the first report of STV infecting tomatoes in Asia.