Location: Crop Diseases, Pests and Genetics Research
Project Number: 2034-22000-015-442-R
Project Type: Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2024
End Date: Sep 30, 2025
Objective:
Examine the host range and impact of Citrus yellow vein clearing virus.
Approach:
Graft inoculate citrus cultivars with virus in greenhouse and record symptoms and measure growth reduction of plants; Reverse Transcription quantitative PCR; use growth chamber with different temperature regimes to determine effect on symptomatology and virus replication.