Department of Plant Pathology, Sari Agriculture Science and Natural Resource University, Sari, Iran
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Abstract
Background and Aims: Apple scar skin disease (ASSD) is one of the destructive diseases of pome fruits which is caused by ASSVd.
Case presentation: We report molecular detection of ASSVd in symptomatic apples cv. Red Delicious with simultaneous presence of a new variant of HSVd from Khorasan Razavi province.
Conclusion: This is the first report on the association of HSVd with ASSVd in apple trees showing merely symptoms of apple dapple on the fruit.
Vamenani R, Rahimian H, Alavi S, Borhani B. A Viroid Resembling Hop Stunt Viroid in Infected Apple Trees with Apple Scar Skin Disease in the Northeast of Iran . Iran J Virol 2015; 9 (1) :25-28 URL: http://journal.isv.org.ir/article-1-153-en.html
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