Muhammad Umer1, Mustansar Mubeen2, Yasir Iftikhar2,*, Haider Ali3, Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye4, Rafia Asghar5, Mazhar Abbas6, Malik Abdul Rehman7, Ernesto A. Moya-Elizondo8, Yuejun He1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.10, pp. 2099-2110, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.022013
- 30 May 2022
Abstract Viral diseases have been studied in-depth for reducing quality, yield, health and longevity of the fruit, to highlight
the economic losses. Positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses are more devastating among all viruses that infect
fruit trees. One of the best examples is papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). It belongs to the genus Potyvirus and it is
limited to cause diseases on the family Chenopodiaceae, Cucurbitaceae and Caricaceae. This virus has a serious
threat to the production of papaya, which is famous for its high nutritional and pharmaceutical values. The plant
parts such as leaves, latex, seeds, fruits, bark, peel… More >