Characterization of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus Associated with Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease in China |
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| Authors: | Li Xie Jingze Zhang Qiang Wang Chunmei Meng Jian Hong Xueping Zhou |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Authors’ address: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (correspondence to X. P. Zhou and J. Hong. E‐mail: zzhou@zju.edu.cn;2. jhong@zju.edu.cn) |
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| Abstract: | A maize lethal necrosis disease was observed in Yunnan province of China. Isometric virus particles 30 nm in diameter were found in infected maize leaf tissues. Using DAS‐ELISA, diseased maize plant samples reacted positively with the antiserum of Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV). The complete nucleotide sequence (4436 nt) of a Yunnan isolate of MCMV was determined; it shares 97% nucleotide sequence identity with previously reported MCMV isolates. This is the first report of MCMV occurring in China. |
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| Keywords: | Maize chlorotic mottle virus maize lethal necrosis China |
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