Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) are important crops of economical impact for the Northeast of Brazil. Fruit woodiness is an important virus disease of passion fruit, caused by Passionfruit woodiness virus (PWV) and Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV), both from the genus Potyvirus. CABMV is also responsible for important disease on cowpea. The present research had the objective to study and compare the biological, serological and molecular properties of isolates of CABMV obtained from passion fruit (CABMV-P Pet, CABMV-P Gua, CABMV-P Sb and CABMV-P Uba) and from cowpea (CABMV-C Fort and CABMV-C Bv). CABMV-C Fort and CABMV-C Bv were purified from infected cowpea cv. Pitiuba systemically infected. The obtained purified preparations presented concentrations of 16.4 mg of virus per mL (CABMV-C Bv) and 15.9 mg of virus per mL (CABMV-C Fort). Both purified virus preparations were used for rabbit immunizations to produce polyclonal antisera with reactive titers of 1:128.000 in PTA-ELISA. Electrophoresis analyses of the virus purified preparations revealed the presence of only one capsidial protein with molecular weight of 34 kDa for both virus isolates. Parts of the genomes, corresponding to the coat protein gene (cp), from the virus isolates obtained from cowpea and from passion fruit were amplified by RT-PCR. The philogenetic analyses of the amplified cDNA fragments grouped with the CABMV isolates sequences deposited in the GenBank, according to their original host. Based on the biological, serological and molecular results, the virus isolates studied were classified into two biotypes: Biotype Cowpea (CABMV-C) including CABMV-C Bv and CABMV-C Fort obtained from cowpea, and biotype Passion fruit (CABMV-P) including CABMV-P Pet, CABMV-P Gua, CABMV-P Sb and CABMV-P Uba obtained from passion fruit. Source of immunity to CABMV-C Bv and CABMV-C Fort was identified in cowpea and the genotype was designate Lab-Poty. Studies of virus interaction in cowpea demonstrated strong synergistic effect among CABMV-C, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and Cowpea severe mosaic virus (CPSMV). / O maracujazeiro (Passiflora edulis) e o feijoeiro caupi (Vigna unguiculata) sÃo culturas de elevada importÃncia econÃmica para o Nordeste brasileiro. Entre as viroses que se manifestam no maracujazeiro, destaca-se o endurecimento dos frutos causado por Passionfruit woodiness virus (PWV) e Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV), ambos pertencentes ao gÃnero Potyvirus, sendo o CABMV responsÃvel por importante doenÃa do feijoeiro caupi. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo estudar e comparar as propriedades biolÃgicas, sorolÃgicas e moleculares de isolados de CABMV obtidos de maracujazeiro (CABMV-P Pet, CABMV-P Gua, CABMV-P Sb e CABMV-P Uba) e isolados obtidos de feijoeiro caupi (CABMV-C Fort e CABMV-C Bv). Os isolados CABMV-C Fort e CABMV-C Bv foram purificados a partir de plantas de feijoeiro caupi cv. Pitiuba sistemicamente infetadas. As preparaÃÃes purificadas obtidas apresentaram concentraÃÃes de 16,4 mg de vÃrus por mL (CABMV-C Bv) e 15, 9 mg de vÃrus por mL (CABMV-C Fort), as quais foram usadas na imunizaÃÃo de coelhos, para a produÃÃo de antissoros policlonais, com tÃtulo de 1:128.000 em PTA-ELISA. AnÃlises eletroforÃtica das preparaÃÃes virais revelaram uma Ãnica proteÃna capisidial com peso molecular de 34 kDa. Partes do genoma correspondente ao gene da capa protÃica (cp) dos isolados virais obtidos de feijoeiro caupi e de maracujazeiro foram amplificadas por RT-PCR. AnÃlises filogenÃticas dos fragmentos dos cDNA amplificados se agruparam com sequencias de isolados do CABMV depositadas no GenBank, de acordo com os hospedeiros originais. Com base nos resultados de estudos biolÃgicos, sorolÃgicos e moleculares, os isolados virais estudados foram classificados em dois biÃtipos: BiÃtipo Cowpea (CABMV-C) incluindo CABMV-C Bv and CABMV-C Fort obtidos de feijoeiro caupi e biÃtipo Passion fruit (CABMV-P) incluindo CABMV-P Pet, CABMV-P Gua, CABMV-P Sb e CABMV-P Uba obtidos de maracujazeiro. Fontes de imunidade a CABMV-C Bv e CABMV-C Fort foi identificada em feijoeiro caupi e o genÃtipo foi designado de Lab-Poty. Estudos de interaÃÃo viral em feijoeiro caupi, mostraram forte sinergismo entre CABMV-C, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) e Cowpea severe mosaic virus (CPSMV).