Status of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Peninsular Malaysia

Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is the most important viral disease of Citrus spp. and has a worldwide distribution. Results of ELISA and PCR showed that all Citrus varieties includingFortunella sp., Citrofortunella microcarpa and Citromelo in major citrus growing areas of Malaysia had a high infection...

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Main Authors: Ayazpour, Kavous, Sijam, Kamaruzaman, Vadamalai, Ganesan, Jaafar, Hawa Z. E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Journals 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23591/1/23591.pdf
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author Ayazpour, Kavous
Sijam, Kamaruzaman
Vadamalai, Ganesan
Jaafar, Hawa Z. E.
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description Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is the most important viral disease of Citrus spp. and has a worldwide distribution. Results of ELISA and PCR showed that all Citrus varieties includingFortunella sp., Citrofortunella microcarpa and Citromelo in major citrus growing areas of Malaysia had a high infection rate with CTV. In most areas, pomelo however was free of infection, but in Cameron Highlands, we found some strains of CTV that were severe to Citromelo and pomelo. Phylogeny studies revealed that these strains were similar to CTV isolates from China and Japan and were very different from CTV isolates from USA and New Zealand.
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spelling upm.eprints-235912017-11-16T09:28:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23591/ Status of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Peninsular Malaysia Ayazpour, Kavous Sijam, Kamaruzaman Vadamalai, Ganesan Jaafar, Hawa Z. E. Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is the most important viral disease of Citrus spp. and has a worldwide distribution. Results of ELISA and PCR showed that all Citrus varieties includingFortunella sp., Citrofortunella microcarpa and Citromelo in major citrus growing areas of Malaysia had a high infection rate with CTV. In most areas, pomelo however was free of infection, but in Cameron Highlands, we found some strains of CTV that were severe to Citromelo and pomelo. Phylogeny studies revealed that these strains were similar to CTV isolates from China and Japan and were very different from CTV isolates from USA and New Zealand. Academic Journals 2011-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23591/1/23591.pdf Ayazpour, Kavous and Sijam, Kamaruzaman and Vadamalai, Ganesan and Jaafar, Hawa Z. E. (2011) Status of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Peninsular Malaysia. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 5 (7). art. no. BF0BA1622573. pp. 838-843. ISSN 1996-0808 http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/BF0BA1622573
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Sijam, Kamaruzaman
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title Status of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Peninsular Malaysia
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title_fullStr Status of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Status of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Status of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort status of citrus tristeza virus ctv in peninsular malaysia
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