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Differential disease phenotype of begomoviruses associated with tobacco leaf curl disease in Comoros.
Archives of virology - 1 Mar 2012
Thierry M, Lefeuvre P, Hoareau M, Péréfarres F, Delatte H, Reynaud B, Martin D P, Lett J-M
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In the 2000s, tobacco plantations on the Comoros Islands were afflicted with a previously unobserved tobacco leaf curl disease characterised by symptoms of severe leaf curling and deformation. Previous molecular characterization of potential viral pathogens revealed a complex of African monopartite tobacco leaf curl begomovirus (TbLCVs). Our molecular investigation allowed the characterization of a new...
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