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Phylogeographic analysis of Begomovirus coat and replication-associated proteins

Alvin Crespo-Bellido et al. J Gen Virol. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

Begomoviruses are globally distributed plant pathogens that significantly limit crop production. These viruses are traditionally described according to phylogeographic distribution and categorized into two groups: begomoviruses from the Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania (AAEO) region and begomoviruses from the Americas. Monopartite begomoviruses are more common in the AAEO region, while bipartite viruses predominate in the Americas, where the begomoviruses lack the V2/AV2 gene involved in inter-cellular movement and RNA silencing suppression found in AAEO begomoviruses. While these features are generally accepted as lineage-defining, the number of known species has doubled due to sequence-based discovery since 2010. To re-evaluate the geographic groupings after the rapid expansion of the genus, we conducted phylogenetic analyses for begomovirus species representatives of the two longest and most conserved begomovirus proteins: the coat and replication-associated proteins. Both proteins still largely support the broad AAEO and Americas begomovirus groupings, except for sweet potato-infecting begomoviruses that form an independent, well-supported clade for their coat protein regardless of the region they were isolated from. Our analyses do not support more fine-scaled phylogeographic groupings. Monopartite and bipartite genome organizations are broadly interchanged throughout the phylogenies, and the absence of the V2/AV2 gene is highly reflective of the split between Americas and AAEO begomoviruses. We observe significant evidence of recombination within the Americas and within the AAEO region but rarely between the regions. We speculate that increased globalization of agricultural trade, the invasion of polyphagous whitefly vector biotypes and recombination will blur begomovirus phylogeographic delineations in the future.

Keywords: begomovirus; bipartite; monopartite; phylogeny.

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The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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