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Mansoor S, Khan S, Saeed M, Bashir A, Zafar Y, Malik K, et al.
Plant Dis . 2019 Mar; 81(8):958. PMID: 30866394
Tomato leaf curl disease is the most important constraint on tomato production in Pakistan, where it is found throughout the country. The disease, which occurs in high incidence in Punjab...
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Mansoor S, Khan S, Hussain M, Mushtaq N, Zafar Y, Malik K
Plant Dis . 2019 Mar; 84(1):102. PMID: 30841206
Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses (begomoviruses) have emerged as major constraints on food and fiber crops worldwide, and there are several examples of begomovirus mobilization in previously unknown host plants. Here we report...
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Mansoor S, Khan S, Hussain M, Zafar Y, Pinner M, Briddon R, et al.
Plant Dis . 2019 Mar; 84(1):101. PMID: 30841203
Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses (begomoviruses) cause heavy losses to many food and fiber crops in Pakistan. Many weeds also show symptoms typical of begomoviruses. Ageratum (Ageratum conyzoides) is a common perennial weed...
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Mansoor S, Mukhtar S, Hussain M, Amin I, Zafar Y, Malik K, et al.
Plant Dis . 2019 Mar; 84(7):809. PMID: 30832124
The current epidemic of cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) in Pakistan started in 1988 with the natural host range limited to a few plant species in the family Malvaceae. However,...
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Mansoor S, Amin I, Hussain M, Zafar Y, Bull S, Briddon R, et al.
Plant Dis . 2019 Mar; 85(8):922. PMID: 30823073
Okra leaf curl disease (OLCD), characterized by either upward or downward leaf curl and stunted plant growth, is one of the major diseases of okra (Hibiscus esculentis L.) in Pakistan....
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Amin I, Mansoor S, Iram S, Khan M, Hussain M, Zafar Y, et al.
Plant Dis . 2019 Mar; 86(4):444. PMID: 30818738
The recent discovery that monopartite begomoviruses on ageratum and cotton essentially require a DNA satellite called DNA β (2,4) is leading to identification of several other hosts that have similar...
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Mansoor S, Amrao L, Amin I, Briddon R, Malik K, Zafar Y
Plant Dis . 2019 Feb; 90(6):826. PMID: 30781247
Cotton leaf curl is a devastating disease of cotton that has resulted in severe losses (estimated at more than US$87 million per annum) in Pakistan. The epidemic is centered in...
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Shakir N, Hameed S, Karasev A, Zafar Y
Plant Dis . 2018 Sep; :PDIS03180449PDN. PMID: 30192174
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Arif M, Azhar U, Arshad M, Zafar Y, Mansoor S, Asad S
Transgenic Res . 2011 Jun; 21(2):303-11. PMID: 21701953
RNA silencing technology has become the tool of choice for inducing resistance against viruses in plants. A significant discovery of this technology is that double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which is diced...
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Iqbal M, Aziz N, Saeed N, Zafar Y, Malik K
Theor Appl Genet . 2009 Apr; 94(1):139-44. PMID: 19352756
Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was used to evaluate the genetic diversity of elite commercial cotton varieties. Twenty two varieties belonging to Gossypium hirsutum L. and one to G....