First molecular identification of a Cucumber mosaic virus isolate causing shoestring symptoms on tomato in India
D. Pratap A , S. Kumar A and S. K. Raj A BA Molecular Plant Virology, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India.
B Corresponding author. Email: skraj2@rediffmail.com
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 57-58 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08023
Submitted: 9 October 2007 Accepted: 15 April 2008 Published: 1 May 2008
Abstract
A virus associated with shoestring symptoms on tomato in India was identified as a subgroup IB isolate of Cucumber mosaic virus based on a complete sequence of RNA 3.
Acknowledgements
The Authors express gratitude to the Director, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow for facilities and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for fellowships to D. Pratap and S. Kumar.
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