Occurrence and Identification of Eggplant Mottled Crinkle Virus in India |
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| Authors: | S K Raj M Aslam K M Srivastava B P Singh |
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| Institution: | Plant Virus Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institue, Lucknow-226 001, India. |
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| Abstract: | A virus isolated in India from eggplant (Solanum melongena) showing chlorotic rings, line pattern and mosaic on leaves accompanied with stunted growth was identified as a strain of eggplant mottled crinkle virus on the basis of host range, in vitro properties, particle morphology, molecular weight of capsid protein and serological relationship. The sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of virus coat protein revealed the presence of a single polypeptide with a molecular weight of 41,000. An antiserum to the virus produced in rabbit had a titre of 1: 2048 in double diffusion tests. |
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