How a chance finding and high-throughput sequencing helped unmask the probable causal agent of Brazilian curly top, a plant disease that disappeared over 70 years ago
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Curly top disease (CTD) affects sugar beet, tomato and other crops, resulting in stunted plants with severely curled leaves and reduced yields. The disease occurs worldwide and is caused by geographically associated monopartite geminiviruses transmitted mostly... ...