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Molecular Characterization of Viroid Associated with Tapping Panel Dryness Syndrome of Hevea brasiliensis from India


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1 Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra, Ranchi 835 215, India
2 Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam 686 009, India
3 Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
4 Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
 

Tapping panel dryness (TPD) disease is the most economically important malady affecting the quality and quantity of yield of rubber latex. The etiological agent of the disease has not yet been characterized. In the present communication, we report the association of a viroid belonging to potato spindle tuber viroid group (PSTVd). The isolates cloned from TPD-affected rubber samples and tomato leaves infected by the extract from TPD-affected rubber showed more than 95% identity with PSTVd.

Keywords

Rubber Latex, Tapping Panel Dryness Disease, Tomato Leaves, Viroids.
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Authors

Ajay Kumar
Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra, Ranchi 835 215, India
D. M. Pandey
Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra, Ranchi 835 215, India
Thomson Abraham
Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam 686 009, India
Jacob Mathew
Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam 686 009, India
P. Jyothsna
Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
Padma Ramachandran
Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
V. G. Malathi
Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India

Abstract


Tapping panel dryness (TPD) disease is the most economically important malady affecting the quality and quantity of yield of rubber latex. The etiological agent of the disease has not yet been characterized. In the present communication, we report the association of a viroid belonging to potato spindle tuber viroid group (PSTVd). The isolates cloned from TPD-affected rubber samples and tomato leaves infected by the extract from TPD-affected rubber showed more than 95% identity with PSTVd.

Keywords


Rubber Latex, Tapping Panel Dryness Disease, Tomato Leaves, Viroids.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv108%2Fi8%2F1520-1527