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Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3
- H. Maree, R. Almeida, +11 authors J. Burger
- Biology, Medicine
- Front. Microbiol.
- 16 April 2013
Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is one of the most important grapevine viral diseases affecting grapevines worldwide. The impact on vine health, crop yield, and quality is difficult to assess due to… Expand
Deep sequencing analysis of viruses infecting grapevines: Virome of a vineyard.
- B. Coetzee, M. Freeborough, H. Maree, Jean-Marc Celton, D. G. Rees, J. Burger
- Biology, Medicine
- Virology
- 10 May 2010
Double stranded RNA, isolated from 44 pooled randomly selected vines from a diseased South African vineyard, has been used in a deep sequencing analysis to build a census of the viral population. The… Expand
Grapevine virusA-mediated gene silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana and Vitis vinifera.
- M. Muruganantham, Y. Moskovitz, +6 authors M. Mawassi
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of virological methods
- 1 February 2009
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an attractive approach for studying gene function. Although the number of virus vectors available for use in VIGS experiments has increased in recent years,… Expand
Pearl millet transformation system using the positive selectable marker gene phosphomannose isomerase
- M. O’Kennedy, J. Burger, F. C. Botha
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant Cell Reports
- 15 January 2004
Fertile transgenic pearl millet plants expressing a phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) transgene under control of the maize ubiquitin constitutive promoter were obtained using the transformation system… Expand
Genetic variability within the coat protein gene of Grapevine fanleaf virus isolates from South Africa and the evaluation of RT-PCR, DAS-ELISA and ImmunoStrips as virus diagnostic assays.
- A. Liebenberg, Michael-John Freeborough, C. J. Visser, D. Bellstedt, J. Burger
- Biology, Medicine
- Virus research
- 1 June 2009
Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) is responsible for severe fanleaf degeneration in grapevines of all major wine producing regions of the world, including South Africa. In order to successfully control… Expand
Modified cetyltrimethylammonium bromide method improves robustness and versatility: the benchmark for plant RNA extraction.
- E. J. White, M. Venter, N. F. Hiten, J. Burger
- Biology, Medicine
- Biotechnology journal
- 1 November 2008
A wide range of plant RNA extraction methods are available; however, many of these are limited in their application for a diverse range of plant species. With special emphasis on robustness and… Expand
Three genetic grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 variants identified from South African vineyards show high variability in their 5′UTR
- A. Jooste, H. Maree, D. Bellstedt, D. Goszczynski, G. Pietersen, J. Burger
- Biology, Medicine
- Archives of Virology
- 10 September 2010
Three genetic variants of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) were identified in vineyards of the Western Cape, South Africa. The GLRaV-3 variants were identified by single-strand… Expand
Complete nucleotide sequence of a South African isolate of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 reveals a 5′UTR of 737 nucleotides
- H. Maree, M. Freeborough, J. Burger
- Biology, Medicine
- Archives of Virology
- 15 February 2008
Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is the type species of the genus Ampelovirus (family Closteroviridae) [1]. It is an economically important virus that is known to only infect Vitis… Expand
Complete nucleotide sequence of a new strain of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 in South Africa
The complete genome sequences of two newly identified genetic variants of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) are described. Two isolates, GH11 (18671 nt) and GH30 (18576 nt) were… Expand
Grapevine leafroll disease and associated viruses: a unique pathosystem.
- R. Naidu, H. J. Maree, J. Burger
- Biology, Medicine
- Annual review of phytopathology
- 4 August 2015
Grapevine leafroll is the most complex and intriguing viral disease of grapevine (Vitis spp.). Several monopartite closteroviruses (family Closteroviridae) from grapevines have been molecularly… Expand