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First Report of the Occurrence of Grapevine leafroll‐associated virus‐5 in Turkish Vineyards |
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| Authors: | Nihal Buzkan Serpil Karadaǧ Abdulmurat Kaya Saadettin Baloǧlu Angelantonio Minafra Yair Ben‐Dov |
| Affiliation: | 1. Authors’ addresses: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kahramanmara? Süt?üimam, Kahramanmara?, Turkey;2. Pistachio Research Institute, Gaziantep, Turkey;3. Southeast Anatolia Agricultural Research Institute, Diyarbak?r, Turkey;4. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey;5. Istituto di Virologia Vegetale del CNR, Bari, Italy;6. Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel (correspondence to N. Buzkan. E‐mail: nbuzkan@ksu.edu.tr) |
| Abstract: | Surveys were made in the main grape growing region (Southeast Anatolia) of Turkey for the occurrence of Grapevine leafroll‐associated virus‐5 (GLRaV‐5). Plant samples with typical leafroll symptoms and mealybugs, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) were used for assessing the occurrence of GLRaV‐5 by RT‐PCR. A 272 bp band representing GLRaV‐5 infection was successfully detected in plants and mealybugs in some vineyards of the Southeast Anatolia region and the virus is the first time reported in Turkish vineyards. |
| Keywords: | GLRaV‐5 Ampelovirus mealybug transmission RT‐PCR Turkey |