Molecular confirmation of Maize rayado fino virus as the Brazilian corn streak virus

  • Hammond, Rosemarie Wahnbaeck
  • Bedendo, Ivan Paulo
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Publication date
December 2005
Publisher
Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
Language
English

Abstract

Maize rayado fino virus (MRFV), present in various countries in Latin America, has shown similarities to corn streak virus that occurs in Brazil, regarding pathogenic, serological and histological characteristics. In the current report both virus were molecularly compared to confirm the similarities between them. MRFV was identified by nucleic acid hybridization in samples of maize tissues exhibiting symptoms of "corn stunt" disease, collected from two Brazilian States - São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The coat protein gene and 3'non-translated region of MRFV were amplified from infected tissues by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using MRFV-specific primers, and were characterized by nucleotide sequence and phylogenetic...

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