Tomato aspermy virus elimination improves medicinal quality of chrysanthemum [PDF]
Chrysanthemum morifolium cv. ‘Huaihuang’, a medicinal chrysanthemum of China, undergoes long-term asexual reproduction and virus infection that change its quality characteristics.
Zhao Xiting +6 more
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Efficacious control of cytomegalovirus infection after long-term depletion of CD8+ T lymphocytes [PDF]
Although the relative contribution of different immune effector functions to clearing tissues of cytomegalovirus is controversial, the contribution of CD8+ T lymphocytes has generally been accepted as essential. In this report, we show that under certain
Pavic, Ivica +6 more
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Biotechnology methods in virus-free potato seed production
Relevance. Plants of potato varieties are carriers of viral pathogens in a latent form. These viruses can be transmitted to clonal progeny of the carriers.
I. V. Kim +4 more
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Surveillance and response systems for elimination of tropical diseases : summary of a thematic series in infectious diseases of poverty [PDF]
The peer-reviewed journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty provides a new platform to engage with, and disseminate in an open-access format, science outside traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Zhou, Xiao-Nong +11 more
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Prospecting of local grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) germplasm revealed that Tunisia possesses a rich patrimony which presents diversified organoleptic characteristics.
Badra Bouamama-Gzara +8 more
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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data [PDF]
<p><b>Background:</b> Canine rabies causes many thousands of human deaths every year in Africa, and continues to increase throughout much of the continent.</p> <p><b>Methodology/Principal Findings:</b> This ...
Katie Hampson +29 more
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Elimination of Grapevine fanleaf virus in grapevine by in vivo and in vitro thermotherapy
In this paper, results of the in vitro treatment are compared with those of in vivo therapy (i.e. treatment of plants in a peat substrate) when eliminating GFLV (Grapevine fanleaf virus) from three grapevine rootstocks.
B. Křižan +4 more
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Identification and characterization of a novel non-structural protein of bluetongue virus [PDF]
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the causative agent of a major disease of livestock (bluetongue). For over two decades, it has been widely accepted that the 10 segments of the dsRNA genome of BTV encode for 7 structural and 3 non-structural proteins.
Rixon, F. +43 more
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Viruses are responsible for more than 50% of annual potato tuber yield losses and cause great economic damage. The traditional Croatian potato cultivar ‘Brinjak’ is important for local growers because of its economically profitable production and as a ...
Snježana Kereša +7 more
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Sequence diversity and potential recombination events in the coat protein gene of Apple stem pitting virus. [PDF]
The variability of the Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) coat protein (CP) gene was investigated. The CP gene of ten virus isolates from apple and pear trees was sequenced.
Paweł Siedlecki +9 more
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