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A new variant of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) was detected for the first time from dahlia grown in Japan. The dahlia isolate of PSTVd formed a quasi-species and a major sequence variant consisting of 361 nucleotides in length, including five substitutions, three insertions, and one deletion, when compared to the intermediate strain from potato. In bioassays with the new isolate, Rutgers tomato developed mild stunting and leaf curling.
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This work was supported in part by Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research B 21380029, for Foreign JSPS Fellow 22-00404 from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Grant-in Aid-for Scientific Research of Priority Area, Hirosaki University 2009 and 2010. This work was done in part at Gene Research Center, Hirosaki University.
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Tsushima, T., Murakami, S., Ito, H. et al. Molecular characterization of Potato spindle tuber viroid in dahlia. J Gen Plant Pathol 77, 253–256 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-011-0316-z
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