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Identification of a distinct strain of cotton leaf curl Burewala virus.
Archives of virology - 1 Oct 2014
Shuja Malik Nawaz, Briddon Rob W, Tahir Muhammad
Abstract excerpt
Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is the major biotic limitation to cotton production in Pakistan and northwestern India. The disease is caused by various distinct viruses of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) in association with a disease-specific betasatellite - cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB). Since 2001, when resistance to CLCuD in cotton was broken, only one virus was consistently...
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