First report of Tobacco streak virus in sunflower (Helianthus annuus), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and mung bean (Vigna radiata) in Australia

M. Sharman; J. E. Thomas; D. M. Persley

doi:10.1071/DN08012

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First report of Tobacco streak virus in sunflower (Helianthus annuus), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and mung bean (Vigna radiata) in Australia

M. Sharman ^A ^B , J. E. Thomas ^A and D. M. Persley ^A

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^A Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia.

^B Corresponding author. Email: Murray.Sharman@dpi.qld.gov.au

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 27-29 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08012
Submitted: 14 January 2008 Accepted: 19 March 2008 Published: 4 April 2008

Abstract

Tobacco streak virus (genus Ilarvirus) is recorded on sunflower (Helianthus annuus), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and mung bean (Vigna radiata) in Australia for the first time.

Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, the Cotton Research and Development Corporation of Australia, and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. We are grateful for the supply of sunflower isolate-1974 by John Ladewig and mung bean isolate-2027 by Graham Spackman and Associates.

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