Citrus tristeza virus (CTV)(genus Closterovirus, family Closteroviridae) is the causal agent of
devastating epidemics that changed the course of the citrus industry. Adapted to replicate in …

Plant virus diseases constitute one of the limiting factors to the productivity of agriculture.
Changes in host plants and insect vector populations that might result from climate change …

Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is a phloem-limited virus whose natural host range is restricted to
citrus and related species. Although the virus has killed millions of trees, almost destroying …

A TaqMan real-time RT-PCR was developed to detect and quantify RNA-targets from the
non-circulative, non-persistently transmitted Plum pox virus (PPV) in individual fresh or …

Accurate plant disease diagnoses and rapid detection and identification of plant pathogens
are of utmost importance for controlling plant diseases and mitigating the economic losses …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

TaqMan real-time reverse transcriptase (RT)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using
purified RNA targets or coupled to tissue-print and squash procedures was developed to …

Plant 'germplasm'is living tissue from which new plants can be grown, containing the
complete and unique genetic information that gives plants their individual characteristics …

The prevalence of sour orange rootstock in the southern and eastern part of the
Mediterranean Basin is presently threatened by the spread of Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV) …

Citrus species are among the world's most widely grown commercial crops with hundreds of
cultivated varieties, some of which with exclusively local importance. Citrus breeding …