Cotton leaf curl Multan virus infecting Hibiscus sabdariffa in China

摘要

Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV), in conjunction with cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMuB), causes cotton leaf curl disease in South Asia. CLCuMuV-CLCuMuB was first found in 2006 to be associated with a leaf curl disease of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in China. Recently, CLCuMuV-CLCuMuB has become prevalent in H. rosa-sinensis in the southern part of the country. Here, we identified CLCuMuV-CLCuMuB in H. sabdariffa for the first time. To our knowledge, H. sabdariffa is the fourth seed-propagated plant in China to be affected by CLCuMuV-CLCuMuB.