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Citation for Study 18267

About Citation title: "Phylogeny of Pospiviroidae with Special Reference to Viroids Associated with Citrus Gummy Bark of Sweet Orange in Mazandaran, Iran".
About Study name: "Phylogeny of Pospiviroidae with Special Reference to Viroids Associated with Citrus Gummy Bark of Sweet Orange in Mazandaran, Iran".
About This study is part of submission 18267 (Status: Published).

Citation

Rowhani N., Bose T., Alavi M., & Rahimian H. 2015. Phylogeny of Pospiviroidae with Special Reference to Viroids Associated with Citrus Gummy Bark of Sweet Orange in Mazandaran, Iran. Archives of Virology, .

Authors

  • Rowhani N.
  • Bose T. (submitter) Phone +27788363419
  • Alavi M.
  • Rahimian H.

Abstract

Citrus gummy bark (CGB) is caused by viroids from the family Pospiviroidae. Globally CGB has been reported from all major citrus growing regions including Iran. Until now the viroids associated with CGB in Iran were unidentified. The present study was undertaken to determine the diversity of viroids associated with CGB in Iran. We constructed a phylogeny of Pospiviroidae using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches for identification of our viroid isolates as well as to determine the relationship between the genera. Several sweet orange and sour orange saplings were graft-inoculated with buds from symptomatic sweet orange trees. Twelve weeks post inoculation; RNA was extracted followed by cDNA synthesis and amplification using species-specific primers. Positive amplification was obtained for seven viroid species: Citrus exocortis viroid, Citrus viroid VI, Citrus viroid-I-LSS, Citrus bent leaf viroid, Hop stunt viroid, Citrus dwarfing viroid and Citrus bark cracking viroid. In the phylogeny of Pospiviroidae, all our viroid isolates clustered within their respective clades with high statistical supports. Apscaviroid and Coleviroid were recovered as the only monophyletic lineages under Pospiviroidae. Our study identifies association of seven viroid species with CGB in Mazandaran as well as provides important notes on the evolution of Pospiviroidae.

Keywords

Citrus Gummy Bark, Pospiviroidae, phylogeny, citrus viroid, sweet orange

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