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Creator Noorani, MS
Awasthi, P
Singh, RM
Ram, R
Sharma, MP
Singh, SR
Ahmed, N
Hallan, V
Zaidi, AA
 
Subject Virology
 
Description Cherry virus A (CVA) is a graft-transmissible member of the genus Capillovirus that infects different stone fruits. Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L; family Rosaceae) is an important deciduous temperate fruit crop in the Western Himalayan region of India. In order to determine the health status of cherry plantations and the incidence of the virus in India, cherry orchards in the states of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) were surveyed during the months of May and September 2009. The incidence of CVA was found to be 28 and 13% from J&K and H.P., respectively, by RT-PCR. In order to characterize the virus at the molecular level, the complete genome was amplified by RT-PCR using specific primers. The amplicon of about 7.4 kb was sequenced and was found to be 7,379 bp long, with sequence specificity to CVA. The genome organization was similar to that of isolates characterized earlier, coding for two ORFs, in which ORF 2 is nested in ORF1. The complete sequence was 81 and 84% similar to that of the type isolate at the nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively, with 5' and 3' UTRs of 54 and 299 nucleotides, respectively. This is the first report of the complete nucleotide sequence of cherry virus A infecting sweet cherry in India.
 
Publisher SPRINGER WIENWIENSACHSENPLATZ 4-6, PO BOX 89, A-1201 WIEN, AUSTRIA
 
Date 2011-09-20T12:08:53Z
2011-09-20T12:08:53Z
2010
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
0304-8608
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13543
 
Language English