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Identification and distribution of novel badnaviral sequences integrated in the genome of cacao (Theobroma cacao).
Scientific reports - 15 Apr 2021
Muller Emmanuelle, Ullah Ihsan, Dunwell Jim M, Daymond Andrew J, Richardson Megan, Allainguillaume Joël, Wetten Andy
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Theobroma cacao is one of the most economically important tropical trees, being the source of chocolate. As part of an ongoing study to understand the diversity of the badnavirus complex, responsible for the cacao swollen shoot virus disease in West Africa, evidence was found recently of virus-like sequences in asymptomatic cacao plants. The present study exploited the wealth of genomic resources in this crop,...
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