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
Identification, diversity and recombination analysis of alphasatellites associated with banana bunchy top virus infecting local banana cultivars from Bihar, India
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DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2025.2550797
Abstract: Abstract Alphasatellites are small, circular, single-stranded DNA molecules classified within the family Alphasatellitidae. This study investigated alphasatellites associated with Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) in local banana cultivars from Bihar, India. Using primers specific to… read more here.
Keywords: banana bunchy; bunchy top; top virus; analysis ... See more keywords
Banana Bunchy Top Disease in Rwanda: Identifying Disease Presence and Potential Areas at Risk.
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DOI: 10.1094/phyto-04-25-0135-r
Abstract: Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) has been reported in southwestern Rwanda since the 1980s. Recent sporadic observations of BBTD in western and central regions, made by extension services and the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources… read more here.
Keywords: disease; banana bunchy; bbtd; bunchy top ... See more keywords
Alternative hosts of banana bunchy top virus in the Philippines and the first evidence of seed transmission of BBTV
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1467331
Abstract: Banana bunchy top disease is caused by banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). BBTV is transmitted locally by aphids (Pentalonia spp.), but the long-distance spread is through the movement of infected planting materials. This study investigated… read more here.
Keywords: banana bunchy; seed; bbtv; bunchy top ... 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