Pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus 

Family   : Geminiviridae
Genus    : Begomovirus
Acronym  : PepLCBV

Introduction

Association of Pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus (PepLCBV) with yellow mosaic disease of bitter gourd was reported from Uttar Pradesh.

Major Diseases

Leaf curl disease

Geographical Distribution

Uttar Pradesh

Particle Morphology

Geminate particles

Transmission Method

By whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

Detection

PCR

Host Range and Symptomatology

Bitter gourdSevere yellow mosaic of leaves

References

1 Raj, S. K. ; Snehi, S. K. ; Khan, M. S. ; Tiwari, A. K. ; Rao, G. P., First report of Pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus strain associated with bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) yellow mosaic disease in India.. 2010, Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 5, 1, pp 14-16.
2 Reddy, R. V. C. ; Colvin, J. ; Muniyappa, V. ; Seal, S., Diversity and distribution of begomoviruses infecting tomato in India.. 2005, Archives of Virology, 150, 5, pp 845-867.

Sequences

Partial Sequence
 JN410657.2 Pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus isolate CAK226T_TREP replication protein (Rep) gene, partial cds.
 EU888908.1 Pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus-Gorakhpur rep protein (AC) gene, partial cds; C4 protein (AC4) and pre-coat protein (AV2) genes, complete cds; and coat protein (AV1) gene, partial cds.
 EF035481.1 Pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus coat protein (AV1) gene, complete cds.
 AY738094.1 Pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus from India coat protein (AV1) gene, partial cds; replication associated protein (AC3) and transactivator protein (AC2) genes, complete cds; and replicase (AC1) gene, partial cds.