A PCR-based method, with internal control, for the detection of Banana bunchy top virus in Banana

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-169

  Mansoor, Shahid ^c   Qazi, Javaria ^c   Amin, Imran ^c   Khatri, Abdullah ^b   Khan, Imtiaz A ^b   Raza, Saboohi ^b   Zafar, Yusuf ^c   Briddon, Rob W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Banana; Banana bunchy top disease; Diagnostics; Nanovirus; PCR

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DNA; GENES; POLYMERS; VIRUSES;

BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS (BBTV); MICROPROPAGATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

FRUITS;

ARTICLE; BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND; DNA VIRUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INFECTION CONTROL; NANOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DNA, VIRAL; MUSA; NANOVIRUS; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FARM CROPS; FRUITS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; PRIMERS; VIRUSES;

BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; NANOVIRIDAE; NANOVIRUS;

EID: 22344444822     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:30:2:167     Document Type: Article

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