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Molecular characterization of begomoviruses and DNA satellites associated with okra leaf curl disease in Cameroon.
Virus research - 1 Jun 2013
Leke Walter N, Sattar Muhammad N, Ngane Emilia B, Ngeve Jacob M, Kvarnheden Anders, Brown Judith K
Abstract excerpt
Okra leaf curl disease (OLCD) is the most important viral disease of okra in West Africa. In this study, a complex of begomoviruses and associated DNA satellites were identified in symptomatic okra plants from southwestern Cameroon. Sequence analyses showed that two of the plants (Lik1 and Njo5) were infected with a begomovirus being a recombinant of cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (CLCuGeV) and okra yellow crinkle...
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