Abstract:
Barleria cristata L. has become naturalized in South Africa, where it is commonly used as an ornamental. In 2019, plants of B. cristata showing putative viral symptoms were collected from two locations in Gauteng, South Africa. RNAtag-seq libraries were prepared and sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform. De novo assembly of the resulting data revealed the presence of a novel member of the family Tospoviridae associated with the plants from both locations, and this virus was given the tentative name "barleria chlorosis-associated virus". Segments L, M, and S have lengths of 8752, 4760, and 2906 nt, respectively. Additionally, one of the samples was associated with a novel polerovirus, provisionally named "barleria polerovirus 1", with a complete genome length of 6096 nt. This is the first study to show the association of viruses with a member of the genus Barleria.
Description:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : Supplementary Figure 1: Foliar symptoms associated with Barleria cristata plants that were sampled in this study. Large, diffuse chlorotic spots were associated with the single infection of barleria severe mosaic virus (BSMoV) (19-3031), while a more defined mosaic was associated with the mixed involving both BSMoV and barleria polerovirus 1 (19-3037).
Supplementary Figure 2: Maximum likelihood phylogeny based on the amino acid sequences of the N-protein of barleria chlorosis-associated virus (indicated by solid circle markers) and selected members of the Tospoviridae family. The phylogeny represents the tree with the highest log likelihood and was generated in MEGA X using the best-fit (Le Gascuel) model with gamma distribution (n=4). Bootstrapping was applied (1000 replicates) and the percentage of trees in which the associated taxa clustered together is shown next to the branches. Bootstrap percentages lower than 50 are not shown. The cognate amino acid sequence of Guaroa virus was used as an outgroup.
Supplementary Figure 3: Maximum likelihood phylogeny based on the amino acid sequences of the RNA-dependant RNA polymerase of barleria polero virus 1 (indicated by solid circle markers) and selected members of the Luteoviridae family. The phylogeny represents the tree with the highest log likelihood and was generated in MEGA X using the best-fit (Jones-Taylor-Thornton) model. Bootstrapping was applied (1000 replicates) and the percentage of trees in which the associated taxa clustered together is shown next to the branches. Bootstrap percentages lower than 50 are not shown. The cognate amino acid sequences of two enamoviruses were used as outgroups.
