Australasian Plant Disease Notes (2008) 3, 59-62

R. Ghosh, S. Paul, S. Das, P. Palit, S. Acharyya, A. Das, J.I. Mir, S.K. Ghosh and A. Roy (2008)
Molecular evidence for existence of a New World begomovirus associated with yellow mosaic disease of Corchorus capsularis in India
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3 (1), 59-62
Abstract: Yellow mosaic disease of jute (Corchorus capsularis) was found to be associated with a whitefly-vectored begomovirus. Sequencing of part of the begomovirus DNA-A indicated the presence of a New World begomovirus which has been detected for the first time in India.
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Database assignments for author(s): Anirban Roy, Subrata Kumar Ghosh

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Begomovirus (genus)	Jute (Corchorus)	India