1. Molecular diagnosis of apple virus and viroid pathogens from India.
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Rana, Tanuja, Negi, Anuradha, Dhir, Sunny, Thockchom, Tombisana, Chandel, Vanita, Walia, Yashika, Singh, Rahul Mohan, Ram, Raja, Hallan, Vipin, and Zaidi, A. A.
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APPLE varieties ,MOSAIC viruses ,MOLECULAR diagnosis ,VIROID diseases of plants ,DISEASE susceptibility ,ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay ,PLANT nurseries - Abstract
Apple is known to be susceptible to various virus and viroid pathogens. Symptomatic apple cultivars and rootstocks were collected and analyzed by ELISA and then through RT-PCR. The study reports the presence of Apple mosaic virus (ApMV), Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV), Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV), Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), the major apple viruses and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV), a minor apple virus, at the molecular level in India. Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) infection was also confirmed at the molecular level. Sporadic incidences of Tomato ringspot virus and Arabis mosaic virus infections were also detected by ELISA in nursery plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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