Cotton Leaf Curl Disease Suppression by Interspecies Microbiome Transplantation
Ayesha Badar,
Rhea Aqueel,
Ali Nawaz
et al.
Abstract:Background
Begomovirus, the causative agent of the Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD), has been corrupting cotton yield, quality, and production throughout the world since its first outbreak in 1912. The cotton crop, the “white gold” of Pakistan, has been plucked by various biotic stresses including Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCuV), amounting the production loss of the crop to almost half in the past ten years. Although several breeding attempts have been made to develop cotton lines tolerant to CLCuD, the mutat… Show more
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