Tomato leaf curl China virus
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| Tomato leaf curl China virus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Monodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Shotokuvirae |
| Phylum: | Cressdnaviricota |
| Class: | Repensiviricetes |
| Order: | Geplafuvirales |
| Family: | Geminiviridae |
| Genus: | Begomovirus |
| Species: | Begomovirus solanumchinaense |
Tomato leaf curl China virus is a virus that infects tomato plants in China and was first described in 2011. The virus infects tomatoes in the Chinese province of Guangxi, and it is transmitted by the whitefly.[1] The current EPPO name is TOLCCV, but its original name in the literature was ToLCCNV.[2]
It belongs to the genus Begomovirus, which also contains Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus.[3]