Molecular identification and characterization of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma convolvuli’-related strains (representing a new 16SrXII-O subgroup) associated with papaya bunchy top disease in Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105731
Abstract: Abstract Beginning in 2018, a new papaya disease occurred in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Affected papaya trees exhibited symptoms including excessive shoot proliferation at the top of the crown, leaf mosaic and crinkling, and dieback.… read more here.
Keywords: candidatus phytoplasma; papaya bunchy; bunchy top; disease ... See more keywords
Immunodiagnosis of bunchy top viruses in abaca with polyclonal antibodies against their recombinant coat proteins
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DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2020.1727106
Abstract: Abstract Polyclonal antibodies against abaca bunchy top virus (ABTV) and banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) proteins are necessary for immuno-based detection of these two viruses in abaca (Musa textilis Nee). In this study, recombinant bunchy… read more here.
Keywords: bunchy top; viruses abaca; bbtv; coat proteins ... See more keywords
Musa Germplasm A and B Genomic Composition Differentially Affects Their Susceptibility to Banana Bunchy Top Virus and Its Aphid Vector, Pentalonia nigronervosa
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DOI: 10.3390/plants11091206
Abstract: Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD), caused by the banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, genus Babuvirus), is the most destructive viral disease of banana and plantain (Musa spp.). The virus is transmitted persistently by the banana… read more here.
Keywords: bunchy top; aphid; banana; banana bunchy ... See more keywords