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Identification of the Begomoviruses Squash Leaf Curl Virus and Watermelon Chlorotic Stunt Virus in Various Plant Samples in North America.
Viruses - 30 Apr 2021
Fontenele Rafaela S, Bhaskara Amulya, Cobb Ilaria N, Majure Lucas C, Salywon Andrew M, Avalos-Calleros Jesús A, Argüello-Astorga Gerardo R, Schmidlin Kara, Roumagnac Philippe, Ribeiro Simone G, Kraberger Simona, Martin Darren P, Lefeuvre Pierre, Varsani Arvind
Abstract excerpt
Geminiviruses are a group of plant-infecting viruses with single-stranded DNA genomes. Within this family, viruses in the genus Begomovirus are known to have a worldwide distribution causing a range of severe diseases in a multitude of dicotyledonous plant species. Begomoviruses are transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, and their ssDNA genomes can be either monopartite or bipartite. As part of a viral...
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