Article
Discovery and Characterization of Two Highly Divergent Variants of a Novel Potyvirus Species Infecting Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus).
Plant disease - 1 Aug 2024
Alabi Olufemi J, Stevens Kristian, Oladokun John O, Villegas Cecilia, Hwang Min Sook, Al Rwahnih Maher, Tian Tongyan, Hernandez Isaias, Ouro-Djobo Ashrafou, Sétamou Mamoudou, Jifon John L
Abstract excerpt
During the summer of 2022, a cluster of Madagascar periwinkle plants with white and mauve flowers were observed with foliar mild yellow mosaic symptoms on a private property in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas. The symptoms were reproduced on mechanically inoculated periwinkle and Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Virions of 776 to 849 nm in length and 11.7 to 14.8 nm in width were observed in transmission electron...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
