“…In Brazil, SBMV was first detected in bean plants in the Federal District region (Cupertino et al., 1982), and later in the States of São Paulo (Costa, 1987) and Paraná (Gasparin et al., 2005). Some molecular properties of the São Paulo isolate (SBMV SP ) were determined (Moreira and Gaspar, 2002), and the 5′ and 3′ termini were sequenced (Espinha et al., 2004, 2005). The SBMV SP coat protein sequence showed identity of nucleotides and amino acids of 91 and 93%, respectively, with the Arkansas isolate (SBMV ARK ) described in the USA (Lee and Anderson, 1998).…”