| cotton leaf curl virus disease. | cotton is one of the most important crops of pakistan, accounting for over 60% of foreign exchange earnings. the present epidemic of cotton leaf curl disease (clcud) originated in the punjab region near the city of multan and was first reported in 1985, although it was noted in this region as early as 1967. by the early 1990s, clcud had become the major limitation to cotton production in pakistan and it has now spread into india and, more recently, south and west into other provinces of pakistan ... | 2000 | 11137169 |
| genetic identity of the bemisia tabaci species complex and association with high cotton leaf curl disease (clcud) incidence in pakistan. | the cotton whitefly, bemisia tabaci (gennadius), is a cryptic species complex, and members of the complex have become serious pests in pakistan because of their feeding and their ability to transmit cotton leaf curl virus (clcuv). here, an analysis was made of the identity of b. tabaci collected from cotton and a range of non-cotton hosts in the cotton-growing zones in punjab and sindh, the main cotton-producing provinces of pakistan, using a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 gen ... | 2010 | 21308956 |