βC1 of chili leaf curl betasatellite is a pathogenicity determinant.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cotton leaf curl disease in the Indian subcontinent is associated with several distinct begomoviruses that interact with a disease-specific DNA satellite named Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB). However, we have recently reported that Chili leaf curl betasatellite (ChLCB) is also occasionally found associated with the disease in Pakistan. The question as to whether ChLCB contributes to the development of disease symptoms such as leaf curling and enations remain to be answered. We have previously shown that the expression of βC1 of CLCuMB develops all symptoms of cotton leaf curl disease in Nicotiana benthamiana when expressed from PVX vector.

Findings

The role of ChLCB in the induction of typical disease symptoms was studied by its expression from PVX

SUBMITTER: Tahir MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3224789 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature