Association of a cucumber mosaic virus strain with mosaic disease of banana, Musa paradisiaca--an evidence using immuno/nucleic acid probe

A Srivastava; S K Raj; Q M Haq; K M Srivastava; B P Singh; P V Sane

Association of a cucumber mosaic virus strain with mosaic disease of banana, Musa paradisiaca--an evidence using immuno/nucleic acid probe

Indian J Exp Biol. 1995 Dec;33(12):986-8.

Authors

A Srivastava¹, S K Raj, Q M Haq, K M Srivastava, B P Singh, P V Sane

Affiliation

¹ Plant Virus Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India.

PMID: 8714082

Abstract

Virus causing severe chlorosis/mosaic disease of banana was identified as a strain of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Association of CMV with the disease was established by Western immunoblot using polyclonal antibodies to CMV-T and slot blot hybridization with nucleic acid probe of CMV-P genome.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blotting, Western
Cucumovirus / isolation & purification*
DNA, Complementary*
Fruit / virology*

Substances

DNA, Complementary