Yellow corky vein- a viroid disease of citrus in India


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Authors

  • F S RUSTEM
  • Y S AHLAWAT

Keywords:

Citrus yellow corky vein disease, viroid, purification, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Abstract

Yellow corky vein disease of citrus in India is known to cause yield loss up to 89.7% in kagzi lime in Assam. The disease is widely
 disease is widely distributed in India and is being disseminated inadvertantly through vegetative propagation. Experimentally,the
 disease was transmitted by wedge and bud grafting and infected 19 hosts in Rutaceane family. Kagzi lime [Citrus aurantifolia (Christm).Swing] has been identified as an infecator host of yellow corky vein disease pf citrus. Transmission of the disease was
maximum at a temperature of41.7/22.7 (PAGE AND R-PAGE) and nucleases treatment of samples revealed the association of viroid-like
ribosenucleic acid in yellow corky vein disease which is a new record.

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Author Biographies

  • F S RUSTEM
    Ph D Student: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

  • Y S AHLAWAT
    Professor of Virology, Divison of Plant Pathology,Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

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Vol. 69 No. 11 (1999)

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How to Cite

RUSTEM, F. S., & AHLAWAT, Y. S. (2013). Yellow corky vein- a viroid disease of citrus in India. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 69(11). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/27121