Identification and distribution of novel badnaviral sequences integrated in the genome of cacao (Theobroma cacao)

Abstract Theobroma cacao is one of the most economically important tropical trees, being the source of chocolate. As part of an ongoing study to understand the diversity of the badnavirus complex, responsible for the cacao swollen shoot virus disease in West Africa, evidence was found recently of vi...

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Main Authors: Emmanuelle Muller, Ihsan Ullah, Jim M. Dunwell, Andrew J. Daymond, Megan Richardson, Joël Allainguillaume, Andy Wetten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87690-1