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High genetic variability and recombination in a begomovirus population infecting the ubiquitous weed Cleome affinis in northeastern Brazil.
Archives of virology - 1 Dec 2011
da Silva Sarah J C, Castillo-Urquiza Gloria P, Hora Júnior Braz T, Assunção Iraildes P, Lima Gaus S A, Pio-Ribeiro Gilvan, Mizubuti Eduardo S G, Zerbini F Murilo
Abstract excerpt
Diseases caused by begomoviruses are a serious constraint to crop production in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world, including Brazil. Begomoviruses are whitefly-transmitted, single-stranded DNA viruses that are often associated with weed plants, which may act as natural reservoirs of viruses that cause epidemics in crop plants. Cleome affinis (family Capparaceae) is an annual weed that is frequently...
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