First record of a begomovirus associated with yellow vein mosaic disease of Urena lobata in India
A. Chatterjee A , A. Roy A and S. K. Ghosh A BA Plant Virus Laboratory and Biotechnology Unit, Division of Crop Protection, Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India.
B Corresponding author. Email: subratak_ghosh@yahoo.co.uk
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 27-28 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07012
Submitted: 4 October 2006 Accepted: 20 February 2007 Published: 2 March 2007
Abstract
A begomovirus with DNA A and a satellite DNA β molecule has been detected for the first time in the eastern part of India in Urena lobata showing yellow vein mosaic disease symptoms.
Acknowledgements
Authors are grateful to the Director for his keen interest in the present investigation. The first author is also grateful to ICAR for financial assistance during the tenure of which this work was carried out.
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