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Genetic diversity of Sugarcane bacilliform virus isolates infecting Saccharum spp. in India.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 2013
Karuppaiah R, Viswanathan R, Kumar V Ganesh
Abstract excerpt
Sugarcane bacilliform virus (SCBV), which causes leaf freckle in sugarcane, is a member of the genus Badnavirus. Studies were conducted to characterize SCBV in Saccharum officinarum germplasm and cultivated varieties in India by sequencing the complete genomes of five isolates. Genome lengths ranged from 7,553 to 7,884 nucleotides. Duplications in ORF3 and insertions in the RNase H-domain in some of the isolates...
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