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Identification of genetic markers linked to banana streak disease expression in inter-specific Musa hybrids.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Feb 2003
Lheureux F, Carreel F, Jenny C, Lockhart B E L, Iskra-Caruana M L
Abstract excerpt
Recently-introduced inter-specific Musa hybrids, bred for improved yield and resistance to diseases, have been found to be widely infected with banana streak virus (BSV), the causal agent of banana streak disease (BSD). One hypothesis suggests: (1) that BSD occurrence in these inter-specific hybrids results from activation of BSV-Ol endogenous pararetrovirus sequences (EPRV) integrated into the Musa genome rather...
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