Occurrence of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus and associated betasatellites with leaf curl disease of Bhut-Jolokia chillies (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) in India.

ABSTRACT: Geminiviridae comprises the largest family of plant viruses which causes severe crop losses in India. The highest pungency chilli Bhut-Jolokia or ghost pepper (Capsicum chinense Jaqc.) hails from North-East region of India and is used in many dishes to add flavors and also for its medicinal value. However, this chilli variety is also affected by viruses leading to crop and economic losses. The present study reports the identification of begomoviruses in the infected chilli Bhut-Jolokia leaf samples collected from eight different places of North-East region (Manipur) of India. The infected leaf samples were screened for the presence of viral genome by rolling circle amplification (RCA) followed by PCR using degenerate primer pairs. The subsequent analyses using restriction fragment length p

SUBMITTER: Yogindran S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908524 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature