The aim of the present study isto compare the biological and molecular properties of
Ukrainian soybean mosaic virus (SMV) isolates with those of known strains or isolates from
other countries, and to trace their possible origin. The methods of mechanical inoculation,
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, DNA sequencing and phylogenetic
analysis have been used. Results. Five SMV isolates have been collected and biologically
purified from breeding plots in Vinnitsa region of Ukraine. It has been found that all these …