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High Throughput Sequencing-Aided Survey Reveals Widespread Mixed Infections of Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses in Cucurbits in Georgia, USA.
Viruses - 26 May 2021
Kavalappara Saritha Raman, Milner Hayley, Konakalla Naga Charan, Morgan Kaelyn, Sparks Alton N, McGregor Cecilia, Culbreath Albert K, Wintermantel William M, Bag Sudeep
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Viruses transmitted by the sweet potato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) have been detrimental to the sustainable production of cucurbits in the southeastern USA. Surveys were conducted in the fall of 2019 and 2020 in Georgia, a major cucurbit-producing state of the USA, to identify the viruses infecting cucurbits and their distribution. Symptomatic samples were collected and small RNA libraries were prepared and...
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