Molecular evidence for existence of a New World begomovirus associated with yellow mosaic disease of Corchorus capsularis in India

R. Ghosh; S. Paul; S. Das; P. Palit; S. Acharyya; A. Das; J. I. Mir; S. K. Ghosh; A. Roy

doi:10.1071/DN08024

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Molecular evidence for existence of a New World begomovirus associated with yellow mosaic disease of Corchorus capsularis in India

R. Ghosh ^A , S. Paul ^A , S. Das ^A , P. Palit ^A , S. Acharyya ^A , A. Das ^A , J. I. Mir ^A , S. K. Ghosh ^A and A. Roy ^A ^B

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^A Plant Virus Laboratory & Biotechnology Unit, Division of Crop Protection, Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Kolkata 700120, India.

^B Corresponding author. Email: anirbanroy75@yahoo.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 59-62 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08024
Submitted: 25 January 2008 Accepted: 15 April 2008 Published: 1 May 2008

Abstract

Yellow mosaic disease of jute (Corchorus capsularis) was found to be associated with a whitefly-vectored begomovirus. Sequencing of part of the begomovirus DNA-A indicated the presence of a New World begomovirus which has been detected for the first time in India.

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge Dr H.S. Sen, Director, Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres for providing the infrastructural support for this investigation. The first author is also grateful to Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for providing financial assistance during the tenure of this work.

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