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Stem pitting and seedling yellows symptoms of Citrus tristeza virus infection may be determined by minor sequence variants.
Virus genes - 1 Feb 2008
Cerni Silvija, Ruscić Jelena, Nolasco Gustavo, Gatin Zivko, Krajacić Mladen, Skorić Dijana
Abstract excerpt
The isolates of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), the most destructive viral pathogen of citrus, display a high level of variability. As a result of genetic bottleneck induced by the bud-inoculation of CTV-infected material, inoculated seedlings of Citrus wilsonii Tanaka displayed different symptoms. All successfully grafted plants showed severe symptoms of stem pitting and seedling yellows, while plants in which...
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