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Abstract
Polymerase chain reaction of Cassava mosaic virus revealed that out of the 50 samples analysed only two samples, one from Musiri (Trichy district) and other from Mallur (Salem district), were detected with ICMV infection as 904 bp fragment of DNA-A amplified. All the other samples from various districts of Tamil Nadu were detected invariably with SLCMV as they amplified 599 bp of DNA-A. A 599 bp fragment of DAN-A was cloned and sequenced from the sample collected from Mallur. The nucleotide sequence has been submitted to GenBank under the accession number DQ303479. The nucleotide sequence was compared with other cassava infecting geminiviruses and other geminiviruses in GenBank. Cluster dendrogram revealed that the cloned sequence was most closely related to ICMV, Maharastra strain rather than SLCMV, forming one cluster. Comparative sequence analyses showed that the cloned fragment shared a maximum sequence identity with ICMV at nucleotide levels (93%) than with SLCMV (88%).
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