Weed-infecting viruses in a tropical agroecosystem present different threats to crops and evolutionary histories.

In the Caribbean Basin, malvaceous weeds commonly show striking golden/yellow mosaic symptoms. Leaf samples from Malachra sp. and Abutilon sp. plants with these symptoms were collected in Hispaniola from 2014 to 2020. PCR tests with degenerate primers revealed that all samples were infected with a b...

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Main Authors: Minor R Maliano, Mônica A Macedo, Maria R Rojas, Robert L Gilbertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250066