First Report and Complete Genome Characterization of Cherry Virus A and Little Cherry Virus 1 from Russia
Journal: Plants
Year: 2023

Virus diseases affect the yield and fruit quality and shorten the productive life of stone fruits (<i>Prunus</i> spp. in the family <i>Rosaceae</i>). Of over fifty known viruses infecting these crops, cherry virus A (CVA) is among the most common, and little cherry virus 1 (LChV1) is one of the most economically important. Using high-throughput sequencing, full-length genomes of CVA and LChV1 isolates, found on interspecies hybrids in the <i>Prunus</i> collection of the Nikita Botanical Gardens,