Abstract
ABSTRACT In 2024, a rubber plant ( Ficus elastica ) growing in a residence in Athens, Greece, displayed severe virus‐disease like symptoms. Testing for the presence of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV, Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae ) and impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV, Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae ) was negative. High‐throughput sequencing (HTS) analysis and de novo assembly followed by BLASTn annotation of the produced contigs resulted in the exclusive identification of fig mosaic virus (FMV, Emaravirus fici ). RT‐PCR assays designed based on the HTS‐derived sequences, followed by Sanqer sequencing, confirmed the presence of FMV. Further analysis showed that the RNAs of the FMV‐FeL isolate did not differ from those submitted in GenBank in terms of phylogenetic identity and genetic signature. The virus was not detected in 10 plants belonging to different Ficus spp. or F. elastica varieties, sampled from a nursery specialised to Ficus spp. trade. The fact that the rubber plant solely infected with FMV displayed a severe symptomatology, together with the vector transmission mode of the virus, raises concerns for an imminent threat of FMV infection to F. elastica cultivation and trade. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented evidence of FMV naturally infecting Ficus elastica .
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
A residential Ficus elastica plant displayed severe virus-like symptoms in Athens in 2024.
- Taxon
- Ficus elastica
Ficus elasticae0 - Outcome
- severe virus‐disease like symptomse0
- Setting
- Athens, Greecee0
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Verbatim
e0“In 2024, a rubber plant ( Ficus elastica ) growing in a residence in Athens, Greece, displayed severe virus‐disease like symptoms”
Claim · model-written summary
Tests were negative for tomato spotted wilt virus.
- Taxon
- Ficus elasticaFicus elasticat0
- Interactor
- tomato spotted wilt virus
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculaee0pathogen - Outcome
- Testing for the presence of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV, Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae )e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Testing for the presence of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV, Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae ) and impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV, Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae ) was negative”
t0“Ficus elastica”
Claim · model-written summary
Tests were negative for impatiens necrotic spot virus.
- Taxon
- Ficus elasticaFicus elasticat0
- Interactor
- impatiens necrotic spot virus
Impatiens necrotic spot viruse0pathogen - Outcome
- impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV, Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae ) was negativee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Testing for the presence of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV, Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae ) and impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV, Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae ) was negative”
t0“Ficus elastica”
Claim · model-written summary
Sequencing and assembly exclusively identified fig mosaic virus.
- Taxon
- Ficus elasticaFicus elasticat0
- Interactor
- fig mosaic virus
Emaravirus ficie0pathogen - Outcome
- exclusive identification of fig mosaic virus (FMV, Emaravirus fici )e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“High‐throughput sequencing (HTS) analysis and de novo assembly followed by BLASTn annotation of the produced contigs resulted in the exclusive identification of fig mosaic virus (FMV, Emaravirus fici )”
t0“Ficus elastica”
Claim · model-written summary
RT-PCR and sequencing confirmed fig mosaic virus presence.
- Taxon
- Ficus elasticaFicus elasticat0
- Interactor
- FMVEmaravirus ficie0pathogen
- Outcome
- presence of FMVe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“RT‐PCR assays designed based on the HTS‐derived sequences, followed by Sanqer sequencing, confirmed the presence of FMV”
t0“Ficus elastica”
Claim · model-written summary
FMV-FeL RNA matched GenBank sequences in phylogenetic identity and genetic signature.
- Taxon
- Ficus elasticaFicus elasticat0
- Interactor
- FMV‐FeL isolatee0pathogen
- Outcome
- phylogenetic identity and genetic signaturee0
- Direction
- did not differe0
- Comparator
- those submitted in GenBanke0
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Verbatim
e0“the RNAs of the FMV‐FeL isolate did not differ from those submitted in GenBank in terms of phylogenetic identity and genetic signature”
t0“Ficus elastica”
Claim · model-written summary
FMV was absent from ten nursery Ficus plants.
FicusOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The virus was not detected in 10 plants belonging to different Ficus spp. or F. elastica varieties, sampled from a nursery specialised to Ficus spp. trade”
Claim · model-written summary
The paper reports the first documented natural FMV infection of Ficus elastica.
- Taxon
- Ficus elasticaFicus elasticae0
- Interactor
- FMVEmaravirus ficie0pathogen
- Outcome
- FMV naturally infecting Ficus elasticae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“this is the first documented evidence of FMV naturally infecting Ficus elastica”