“…Sweepoviruses, named for the sweet potato begomoviruses, are monopartite (no DNA-B, alpha-satellite, or beta-satellite components associated) and phylogenetically distinct from the Old and New World begomovirus groups ( Clark et al, 2012 ). Recently, increasing strains of whitefly transmitted sweepoviruses, mainly sweet potato leaf curl viruses, have been identified globally ( Trenado et al, 2011 ; Wasswa et al, 2011 ; Albuquerque et al, 2012 ; Bi and Zhang, 2012 ; Clark et al, 2012 ; Pardina et al, 2012 ; Liu et al, 2014 ). Besides sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas ), sweepoviruses also infect other Ipomoea species worldwide, such as I. nil or I. setosa ( Trenado et al, 2011 ), and have been reported to cause substantial yield losses and cultivar decline regionally in some sweet potato varieties ( Clark and Hoy, 2006 ; Ling et al, 2010 ; Gibson and Kreuze, 2015 ).…”