First report of cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) and tomato leaf curl new delhi virus (TOLCNDV) in Algeria and lack of evidence for seed transmission of TOLCNDV in melon and pumpkin

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In this work, cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) was first detected infecting cucumber and zucchini in Algeria. CCYV (genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae) is part of a complex of whitefly-transmitted viruses that cause yellowing disease in cucurbits. Determination of the complete CP, and partial RdRp and Hsp70 sequences of an Algerian CCYV isolate was conducted to unveil the evolutionary relationships with the published isolates in databases. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the Algerian isolate clustered into group I together with the majority of the reported CCYV isolates. ToLCNDV (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) was also detected for the first time infecting cucurbit plants in Algeria. ToLCNDV is a bipartite begomovirus that causes major epidemics in economically valuable crops. epidemics in economically valuable crops of the Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae families. Cucurbitaceae. The complete genome sequence of a ToLCNDV isolate from Algerian cucumber (ToLCNDV from Algeria (ToLCNDV-Biskra) was obtained. Alignment of the nucleotide sequences of the A-DNA and B-DNA segments revealed the identity of the DNA-A and DNA-B segments revealed identities of 98.7% and 97.6%, respectively, with the segments of the isolates from the Algerian segments of the Mediterranean basin isolates, while the identity with the Asian isolates was approximately 90% and 81%, respectively. was approximately 90% and 81%. The isolates present in the Mediterranean Basin are monophyletic and form a single monophyletic and form a single cluster, whereas isolates from the Asian strain have a higher genetic variability and form several clusters. genetic variability and form several clusters. All isolates from Algeria showed very low nucleotide variation. very low nucleotide variation. Only a duplication of 17 nucleotides was observed in the B-DNA of some isolates which would result in a longer 53 amino acid movement protein, although the functionality of this putative protein is unknown. Despite this duplication, no recombination events recombination events were detected among the sequenced isolates. The low genetic variation could hinder the detection of recombinants.