A New Jasmine Virus C Isolate Identified by Nanopore Sequencing Is Associated to Yellow Mosaic Symptoms of <i>Jasminum officinale</i> in Italy
2022
Serafina Serena Amoia | Angelantonio Minafra | Vittorio Nicoloso | Giuliana Loconsole | Michela Chiumenti
Some plants of <i>Jasminum officinale</i> were selected in a nursery for investigation of sanitary status of candidate mother plants before vegetative propagation. The presence of yellow spots and leaf discoloration symptoms pushed for a generic diagnosis through deep sequencing to discover systemic pathogens. Either dsRNA or total RNA were extracted and used in nanopore and Illumina platform for cDNA-PCR, direct RNA and total RNA rRNA-depleted sequencing. A few single reads obtained by nanopore technology or assembled contigs gave unequivocal annotation for the only presence of a jasmine virus C (JaVC, a putative member of genus <i>Carlavirus</i>) isolate. The full-length genome of this isolate was reconstructed, spanning 8490 nucleotides (nt). This isolate shared 90.9% similarity with coat protein sequences and 84% with the entire ORF1 polyprotein, with the other two available JaVC full genomes, isolated from infections in <i>J. sambac</i> in Taiwan and China. The overall nucleotide identity shared by the newly discovered Italian isolate with the Chinese JaVC full genomes was 76.14% (Taiwan) and 75.60% (Fujian). The application of quick nanopore sequencing for virus discovery was assessed. The identification of the virus in a new ornamental host species, largely used in gardening, creates a concern for the potential virus spread and need of testing for production of clean vegetative material.
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