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Analysis of the biological and molecular variability of Watermelon mosaic virus isolates from Iran.
Virus genes - 1 Dec 2008
Sharifi Maraym, Massumi Hossain, Heydarnejad Jahangir, Hosseini Pour Akbar, Shaabanian Mehdi, Rahimian H
Abstract excerpt
Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) is one of the most important viruses that causes different symptoms in Cucurbitaceae. WMV is a potyvirus with a worldwide distribution, but occurs most commonly in temperate and Mediterranean regions. Cucurbit species grown in Yazd, Esfahan, West Azerbaijan, Hormozgan, and Kerman provinces were surveyed for the relative incidence of WMV in 2004-2005. A total of 757 symptomatic...
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