The objectives of this study were to identify viral species infecting commercial vineyards in two regions of Northeastern Brazil and perform partial molecular characterization of isolates of three virus species. The diagnosis was performed by real time RT-PCR for detection of GRSPaV, GVA, GVB, GLRaV-2, GLRaV-3, GLRaV-4, GFkV, GRVFV and GFLV. Except for GFLV, the evaluated viruses are widespread in the sampled areas, often in high incidences and in multiple infections, up to 98% and 76.4%, in the Zona da Mata and in the Vale do São Francisco regions, respectively. Local isolates of GVA, GVB and GLRaV-3, partially characterized by complete coat protein gene nucleotide sequencing, showed high percentage of nucleotide identities with other Brazilian isolates of these viruses: 91.2% (GVA), 99.8% (GVB) and 99.7% (GLRaV-3)
coat protein; survey; detection; variability; Vitis
