Judith K Brown

Leke, W., Mignouna, D.B., Brown, J.K., and Fondong, V.N. 2016. First report of Chayote yellow mosaic virus infecting bitter melon Momordica charantia exhibiting yellow mosaic symptoms in Benin, Nigeria and Togo. Plant Dis 100: 1031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-15-1276-PDN.Plant Dis. 100:1, 2016.published online as http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-15-1276-PDN.Accepted for publication 15 December 2015.

McRoberts, N., C. Thomas, J. K. Brown, F. W. Nutter, J. P. Stack and R. D. Martyn. 2016. The evolution of a process for selecting and prioritizing diseases for recovery plans. Plant Dis. 100:1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-15-0457-FE.

Abstract:

Whitefly-transmitted (WFT) geminiviruses that cause epidemics in vegetable, staple and fibre crops are increasing in prevalence and distribution in subtropical, tropical and fringe temperate regions of the world. This article reviews the research on WFT geminiviruses and presents results substantiating the need for a more thorough investigation of tropical weed species which serve as potential sources of undescribed and uncharacterized WFT geminiviruses. -from Author

PMID: 23535770;Abstract:

Okra leaf curl disease (OLCD) is the most important viral disease of okra in West Africa. In this study, a complex of begomoviruses and associated DNA satellites were identified in symptomatic okra plants from southwestern Cameroon. Sequence analyses showed that two of the plants (Lik1 and Njo5) were infected with a begomovirus being a recombinant of cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (CLCuGeV) and okra yellow crinkle virus (OYCrV). The recombinant genome shared highest nucleotide identity with isolates of CLCuGeV at 87.8% and is therefore considered to be member of a new begomovirus species, Okra leaf curl Cameroon virus (OLCuCMV). One plant (Mue5) was infected by a begomovirus with 95.8% nucleotide identy to CLCuGeV, while in the plants Lik1, Mue1 and Njo5, a begomovirus was identified showing highest nucleotide identity at 93.7% with OYCrV. The nucleotide comparisons and phylogenetic analyses suggest that these isolates represent new Cameroonian strains of CLCuGeV and OYCrV (CLCuGeV-CM and OYCrV-CM). Mixed infection of OLCuCMV and OYCrV-CM was found in two of the plants. A betasatellite and two divergent alphasatellites were also associated with the begomoviruses. The betasatellite was identified as cotton leaf curl Gezira betasatellite (CLCuGeB) with the highest nucleotide identity at 93.3% to other African isolates of CLCuGeB. The alphasatellites, herein named Alpha-1 and Alpha-2, shared 97.3% and 95.2% identity, respectively, with cotton leaf curl Gezira alphasatellite (CLCuGeA) and okra leaf curl Burkina Faso alphasatellite (OLCuBFA). These collective results emphasize the extent of diversity among okra-infecting begomovirus-satellite complexes in western Africa. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.

Vyas et al., Fisher, T., He, R., Nelson, W.H., Yin, G., Cicero, J.M., Willer, M., Kim, R., Kramer, R., May, G.A., Crow, J.A., Soderlund, C.A., Gang, D.R., and Brown, J.K. 2015. Asian citrus psyllid expression profiles suggest CLas-mediated alteration of adult nutrition and metabolism, and of nymphal development and immunity.