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- Title
Characterization of Citrus tristeza virus isolates in northern Iran.
- Authors
Barzegar, Ali; Sohi, Haleh Hashemi; Rahimian, Heshmatollah
- Abstract
The biological and molecular properties of four Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) isolates isolated from infected Satsuma trees imported from Japan, and growing in citrus groves in northern Iran (Mahdasht orchards, Mazandaran Province), were investigated. CTV-infected samples were collected from sweet orange trees and grafted onto Alemow ( Citrus macrophylla Wester) seedlings. On indicator plants, these isolates produced various symptoms including vein clearing and stem pitting on Mexican lime, Alemow, and Citrus hystrix, and yellowing and stunting on sour orange and grapefruit seedlings. Citrus samples were also surveyed for CTV using serological tests. The coat protein (CP) gene of these isolates was amplified using specific primers, yielding an amplicon of 672 bp for all isolates. Sequence analysis showed 98%–99% sequence homology of Iranian isolates with the Californian CTV severe stem-pitting isolate SY568 and 97%–98% homology with the Japanese seedling yellows isolate NUagA. The Iranian isolates were compared by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the CP amplicon for further classification.
- Subjects
CITRUS fruits; SATSUMA orange; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; HOMOLOGY (Biology); FARMS; FRUIT trees; PLANT diseases
- Publication
Journal of General Plant Pathology, 2006, Vol 72, Issue 1, p46
- ISSN
1345-2630
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10327-005-0249-5