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A new strain of Indian cassava mosaic virus causes a mosaic disease in the biodiesel crop Jatropha curcas

A new strain of Indian cassava mosaic virus causes a mosaic disease in the biodiesel crop... Jatropha curcas mosaic disease is a newly emerging disease that challenges the productivity of a prospective biofuel crop, J. curcas . The aetiology of this disease has not been resolved. Here, we report the complete nucleotide sequences of a Jatropha virus isolated from Dharwad, Southern India. Phylogenetic analysis of the virus genome suggests it is a new strain of Indian cassava mosaic virus . Agroinfiltration of the two cloned viral DNA components produced systemic infection and typical mosaic symptoms in J. curcas , thereby fulfilling Koch’s postulates. The availability of infectious clones will provide a valuable tool to screen J. curcas cultivars for disease resistance and facilitate the generation of virus-resistant J. curcas plants by transgenic technology. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Virology Springer Journals

A new strain of Indian cassava mosaic virus causes a mosaic disease in the biodiesel crop Jatropha curcas

Archives of Virology , Volume 155 (4) – Apr 1, 2010

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Biomedicine; Infectious Diseases; Medical Microbiology ; Virology
ISSN
0304-8608
eISSN
1432-8798
DOI
10.1007/s00705-010-0625-0
pmid
20224893
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Abstract

Jatropha curcas mosaic disease is a newly emerging disease that challenges the productivity of a prospective biofuel crop, J. curcas . The aetiology of this disease has not been resolved. Here, we report the complete nucleotide sequences of a Jatropha virus isolated from Dharwad, Southern India. Phylogenetic analysis of the virus genome suggests it is a new strain of Indian cassava mosaic virus . Agroinfiltration of the two cloned viral DNA components produced systemic infection and typical mosaic symptoms in J. curcas , thereby fulfilling Koch’s postulates. The availability of infectious clones will provide a valuable tool to screen J. curcas cultivars for disease resistance and facilitate the generation of virus-resistant J. curcas plants by transgenic technology.

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Archives of VirologySpringer Journals

Published: Apr 1, 2010

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