Yambean mosaic virus and lettuce chlorosis virus in Australia

Abstract

This is the first report of yambean mosaic virus and lettuce chlorosis virus in Australia. Both viruses were initially identified co-infecting the Fabaceae weed, Calopogonium mucunoides collected from Umagico in far north Queensland. Full coding sequences of both viruses were obtained with high throughput sequencing and confirmed with RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing. Lettuce chlorosis virus has subsequently been confirmed in several other species collected from far north Queensland and may become a new emerging threat to agronomical crops in Australia.