Isolation and sequence analysis of cotton infecting begomoviruses

• Main Authors: Hina, Sarwat, Javed, Muhammad Arshad, Haider, Saleem, Saleem, Muhammad
• Format: Article
• Published: Pakistan Botanical Society 2012
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32876/; http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/44(SI1)/32.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Cotton is an important cash crop of Pakistan which is severely suffered from a leaf curl disease called cotton leaf curl disease. Studies had shown that a number of begomoviruses collectively called cotton leaf curl viruses (CLCVs) are responsible for leaf curl disease. Some of the important viruses...