Geminiviruses cause considerable yield loss in several crop plants worldwide. In 2016, several hollyhock plants displaying yellow mosaic and leaf curling symptoms were noticed in a nursery of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Analysis of the collected samples indicated an association of monopartite and bipartite begomoviruses with satellites. Three begomoviruses (including a member of a new begomovirus species), two alphasatellites, and a betasatellite were isolated from yellow-mosaic-disease-affected plants. Similarly, a begomovirus, two alphasatellites, and a betasatellite were found to be associated with leaf curl disease of hollyhock. These begomoviruses and satellites were found to be recombinants. By harboring diverse begomoviruses and satellite DNAs, hollyhock may serve as a potential source of virus inoculum.

双子病毒在全世界的几种农作物中造成相当大的产量损失。2016年，印度新德里贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁大学（Jawaharlal Nehru University）的一个苗圃发现了几株表现出黄色马赛克和叶子卷曲症状的蜀葵植物。对收集的样品的分析表明，单倍体和双倍体begomovirus病毒与卫星有关。从受黄色马赛克病影响的植物中分离出了三种begomoviruses（包括一种新的begomovirus种），两个alpha卫星和一个betasatellite。类似地，发现一种begomovirus，两个α卫星和一个β卫星与蜀葵的叶片卷曲病有关。发现这些bemomoviruses和卫星是重组体。通过藏有多种begomoviruses和卫星DNA，蜀葵可能成为病毒接种物的潜在来源。