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Genetic diversity of begomoviruses in Pakistan captured through a vector based survey.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 May 2018
Islam Waqar, Lin Wenzhong, Islam Saif Ul, Arif Muhammad, Li Xiuyu, Yang Yunyue, Ding Xinlun, Du Zhenguo, Wu Zujian
Abstract excerpt
Begomoviruses (Geminiviridea), transmitted by whiteflies, constitute one of the most dangerous groups of plant viruses posing a severe threat to economically important crops in tropical and sub-tropical areas. In this study, whiteflies were collected from various locations all over Pakistan. The begomoviruses carried by these whiteflies were detected by PCR with the degenerative primers pair AV94/Dep3. Analysis...
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