Identification of a New, Monopartite Begomovirus Associated with Leaf Curl Disease of Cotton in Gezira, Sudan

The Merging of Two Dynasties—Identification of an African Cotton Leaf Curl Disease-Associated Begomovirus with Cotton in Pakistan

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is a severe disease of cotton that occurs in Africa and Pakistan/northwestern India. The disease is caused by begomoviruses in association with specific betasatellites that differ between Africa and Asia. During survey of symptomatic cotton in Sindh (southern Pakistan) Cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (CLCuGV), the begomovirus associated with CLCuD in Africa, was i...

Cotton Leaf Curl Disease, an Emerging Whitefly Transmissible Begomovirus Complex

In recent years leaf curl disease of cotton has become a major limiting factor in the production of cotton, which is an important fiber cash crop. In the last two decades or more, leaf curl disease in cotton took on epidemic proportions in Pakistan. In the early 1990’s cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) appeared in the bordering parts of India in the states of Rajasthan and Punjab and spread to e...

A New Begomovirus Species Causing Tomato Leaf Curl Disease in

A New Begomovirus Species Causing Tomato Leaf Curl Disease in Varanasi, India. S. Chakraborty, P. K. Pandey, M. K. Banerjee, and G. Kalloo, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, 1 Gandhinagar (Naria), P.O. Box 5002, POBHU, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India; and C. M. Fauquet, International Laboratory for Tropical and Agricultural Biotechnology, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 ...

IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULAR MARKERS LINKED TO LEAF CURL VIRUS DISEASE RESISTANCE IN COTTON

The identification of molecular markers linked to leaf curl virus (CLCuV) disease resistance in cotton has the potential to improve both the efficiency and the efficacy of selection in cotton breeding programs. Genetic analysis suggested that CLCuV resistance is controlled by a single dominant gene. In this study, an interspecific F2 population derived from a cross of Gossypium barbadense and G...

Characterization of a New World monopartite begomovirus causing leaf curl 1 disease of tomato in Ecuador and Peru reveals a new direction in geminivirus 2 evolution