A streak disease of pearl millet caused by a leafhopper-transmitted geminivirus |
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| Authors: | Rob W Briddon Patricia Lunness Ian D Bedford Leony C L Chamberlin Theo Mesfin Peter G Markham |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Virus Research, John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, NR4 7UH Norwich, UK |
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| Abstract: | The cause of a streak disease of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum), originating from Nigeria, has been attributed to a geminivirus belonging to the  African streak virus cluster. A full-length, infectious clone of the virus was obtained which was transmissible by the vectorCicadulina mbila (Naudé). Analysis of the complete nucleotide sequence of the coat protein gene of this virus shows it to be most closely related to sugarcane streak virus. The possible evolutionary implications of this finding are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | sugarcane streak virus nucleotide sequence coat protein |
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