Article
Genetic diversity among viruses associated with sugarcane mosaic disease in Tucumán, Argentina.
Phytopathology - 1 Jan 2009
Perera M F, Filippone M P, Ramallo C J, Cuenya M I, García M L, Ploper L D, Castagnaro A P
Abstract excerpt
Sugarcane leaves with mosaic symptoms were collected in 2006--07 in Tucumán (Argentina) and analyzed by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and sequencing of a fragment of the Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) and Sorghum mosaic virus (SrMV) coat protein (CP) genes. SCMV was detected in 96.6% of samples, with 41% showing the RFLP profile consistent...
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