Abstract
The begomovirus infection in plants has been widely reported throughout the world. The chief carrier of this virus is the whitefly. All of the reports, however, concern plants that grow at a stumpy height from the ground; moreover, the whitefly transmits the begomovirus infection to plants at this low height only by residing under their leaves. To date, there has been no record of the begomovirus infection in trees as the prevalence of the whitefly at tree level is unlikely. For this reason, this study focuses on and presents the first report of airborne begomovirus infection in an ornamental tree—the Melia azedarach (or Pride of India) found on the Indian subcontinent.
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The authors would like to acknowledge a vote of thanks to Department of Biotechnology (DBT Project No. BT/PR13129/GBD/27/197/2009) and Department of Science and Technology (DST Project No SR/FT/LS-042/2009), India, for their financial support.
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Avinash Marwal and Anurag Kumar Sahu have contributed equally to this work.
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Marwal, A., Sahu, A.K. & Gaur, R.K. First report of airborne begomovirus infection in Melia azedarach (Pride of India), an ornamental tree in India. Aerobiologia 30, 211–215 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-013-9319-x
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