First Report of Strawberry pallidosis associated virus Infecting Strawberry in China

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Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa,Duch.) is a worldwide grown horticultural plant with high economic value. Strawberry decline (SD) is a disease that is probably caused by the synergistic effects of mixed virus infections (Martin and Tzanetakis, 2006). Strawberry production has been severely affected by SD disease. A survey of viral diseases on strawberry was carried out during the spring of 2017 in Henan Province, China. During the survey, four strawberry fields in Zhengzhou were investigated, and the leaves showing yellowing and ,mosaic, and interveinal chlorosis were observed on strawberry plants, though the disease incidence was relatively low during the investigation. Six symptomatic samples were collected for virus identification. Total RNA was extracted from symptomatic leaves and subjected to reverse transcription RT-PCR using primer sets for 11 reported viruses infecting strawberry (Martin and Tzanetakis, 2013).The 517-bp amplicon, corresponding to a highly conserved region of the heat shock protei...