We report the complete genome sequence of a novel virus, tentatively named “actinidia seed-borne latent virus” (ASbLV), isolated from Actinidia chinensis in Auckland, New Zealand. The complete genome of ASbLV is 8,192 nucleotides long, excluding the 3ʹ poly(A) tail, contains four open reading frames, and is most closely related to Caucasus prunus virus (56% nucleotide sequence identity), a member of the genus Prunevirus. Based on the demarcation criteria of the family Betaflexiviridae, ASbLV is a new member of the genus Prunevirus.

Grapevine geminivirus A (GGVA), a member of the family Geminiviridae, was originally described from USA on Vitis vinifera, cultivars Black Beet and Nagano Purple, imported from Korea (Al Rwahnih et...

A new strain of Ageratum latent virus (AGLV) was found in symptomless leaves of Veronica bollonsii, V. breviracemosa and V. dieffenbachii - the native shrubs in New Zealand. The partial genome sequence of the AGLV from V. bollonsii has 85.9–89.1% amino acid similarity to the Australian isolate AGLV-1998. This is the first record of the AGLV in Veronica species and in New Zealand.