Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus: a legume-infecting Emaravirus from South Asia
Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus (PPSMV), a species of the genus Emaravirus, is the causal agent of sterility mosaic disease (SMD) of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp]. This disease, dubbed the ‘green plague’, as the infected plants remain in the vegetative state without flower production, has been reported from India and a few other South-East Asian countries. SMD is estimated to result in an annual yield loss of over US$300 million in India alone. The aetiology of SMD, which remained a mystery for over 70 years, was resolved with the discovery of PPSMV in 2000 and its complete genome sequence in 2014
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2015-10
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| Subjects: | eriophyidae, plant virus, mosaic virus, grain legumes, south asia, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75562 https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12238 |
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| Summary: | Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus (PPSMV), a species of the genus
Emaravirus, is the causal agent of sterility mosaic disease (SMD) of
pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp]. This disease, dubbed the
‘green plague’, as the infected plants remain in the vegetative
state without flower production, has been reported from India and
a few other South-East Asian countries. SMD is estimated to result
in an annual yield loss of over US$300 million in India alone. The
aetiology of SMD, which remained a mystery for over 70 years,
was resolved with the discovery of PPSMV in 2000 and its complete
genome sequence in 2014 |
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