First occurrence of bean common mosaic virus in soybean [Glycine max] from India

Abstract

The incidence of Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV) in soybean cultivated in western region of Tamil Nadu state, India, was confirmed by symptomatology and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Sequence analysis showed nucleotide and amino acid identities of 100% for the isolate BCMV TN1 with BCMV isolate from China (GenBank Accession No. KJ807806) and the isolates soymosaic2 and soymosaic3 showed highest identity of 98.4% with the BCMV isolate (GenBank Accession No. KJ807807) in soybean from China. This is the first report on the emergence of BCMV in soybean in India.