Natural occurrence of a Begomovirus on Dimorphotheca sinuata in India

S. K. Raj; M. S. Khan; S. K. Snehi; S. Kumar; A. A. Khan

doi:10.1071/DN07011

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Natural occurrence of a Begomovirus on Dimorphotheca sinuata in India

S. K. Raj ^A ^B , M. S. Khan ^A , S. K. Snehi ^A , S. Kumar ^A and A. A. Khan ^A

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^A Plant Molecular Virology Lab, National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow 226001, India.

^B Corresponding author. Email: skraj2@rediffmail.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 25-26 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07011
Submitted: 10 November 2006 Accepted: 28 January 2007 Published: 13 February 2007

Abstract

Association of a whitefly-transmitted Begomovirus with yellow net disease of Dimorphotheca sinuata is reported for the first time from India based on PCR amplification and sequence analysis of the coat protein gene region.

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