Prevalence of Three Viruses Infecting Fig in Southern Turkey

• Published in: Journal of phytopathology Vol. 159; no. 3; pp. 181 - 183
• Main Authors: Caglar, Behcet Kemal, Fidan, Hakan, Guldur, Mehmet Ertugrul, Elbeaino, Toufic
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2011; Blackwell
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; fig; Fig leaf mottle-associated virus 1; Fig leaf mottle-associated virus 2; Fig mosaic virus; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Infection; Leaves; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Plant viruses and viroids; Polymerase chain reaction; RT-PCR; sequencing; Trees; Turkey; Turkey; Asia; Mediterranean Basin; Middle east; Prevalence; Plant pathogen; Fig mosaic virus; fig; Moraceae; Epidemiology; Ficus carica; Medicinal plant; sequencing; Virus; Associated virus; Fig leaf mottle-associated virus 2; Fig leaf mottle-associated virus 1; Plant; Turkey; Dicotyledones; RT-PCR; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Fruit tree; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

In a survey of four fig-growing provinces of Turkey (Adana, Hatay, Sanliurfa and Mersin), 132 samples were tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to assess the presence of Fig leaf mottle-associated virus 1 (FLMaV-1), Fig leaf mottle-associated virus 2 (FLMaV-2) and Fig m...