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Fulfilling Koch's postulates confirms the monopartite nature of tomato leaf deformation virus: a begomovirus native to the New World.
Virus research - 1 May 2013
Sánchez-Campos S, Martínez-Ayala A, Márquez-Martín B, Aragón-Caballero L, Navas-Castillo J, Moriones E
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The monopartite nature of the begomovirus tomato leaf deformation virus (ToLDeV) reported in Peru is demonstrated here. The DNA molecule cloned from an infected plant was shown to be fully infectious in tomatoes inducing leaf curling and stunted growth similar to that observed in field-infected plants. The viral DNA was reisolated from systemically infected tissues of inoculated plants, thus fulfilling Koch's...
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