New approach for papaya latex storage without virus degradation Nova metodologia de armazenamento do latex de mamão sem degradação viral

Papaya meleira virus (PMeV) is the causal agent of papaya (Carica papaya L.) sticky disease, which has been detected through analysis of its double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genome from plant latex. In this work we demonstrate that PMeV dsRNA is protected during 25 days when latex is diluted in citrate b...

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Main Authors: Silas P. Rodrigues, Josemar S. Andrade, José A. Ventura, Patricia M. B. Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2009-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822009000100020