European Journal of Plant Pathology (2009) 123, 111-116

Rudra P. Singh and Andrea D. Dilworth (2009)
Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid in the ornamental plant Vinca minor and its transmission through tomato seed
European Journal of Plant Pathology 123 (1), 111-116
Abstract: Two novel aspects of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd) are reported, namely that TCDVd was detected in symptomless plants of Vinca minor, a trailing ground cover surviving at subzero temperatures (-12°C); and that TCDVd was seed-borne in tomato and detected in high percentages in tomato seeds and seedlings. Soaking seeds in a low concentration of sodium hypochlorite did not eliminate the viroid. The sequence analysis showed that the TCDVd isolate consists of 360 nucleotides and has sequence identity between 96% to 99% with isolates of TCDVd from other hosts.
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Database assignments for author(s): Rudra P. Singh

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
	Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid	Vinca (crop)