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Banana bunchy top virus and the bunchy top disease
2016-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is a circular single-stranded (ss) plant DNA virus and the type member of the genus Babuvirus in the family Nanoviridae. BBTV causes bunchy top disease of banana and plantain. Its integral genome consists of at least six circular ssDNA genome components and is associated with all geographical isolates of BBTV. BBTV is a phloem-limited virus that is transmitted from plant to plant by...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 57e31111-a8c4-5cac-83d9-b2df18d8f8e4
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10327-015-0642-7
