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Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry Addressing Citrus Greening Disease (2010) / Chapter Skim
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... Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) A single stranded RNA virus from the group Closterovirus, which is known to cause economically important plant diseases.
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... Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) A technique used to increase the amount of a specific DNA sequence or DNA region by separating the DNA strand into two and incubating it with oligonucleotide primers and DNA polymerase.
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... , and inoculation of the pathogen by the vector. Transgenic An organism formed by the insertion of a gene obtained from another organism using recombinant DNA techniques.
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Key Terms

  • dna sequence
  • genome sequencing
  • citrus tristeza
  • tristeza virus
  • messenger rna

  • cloning vector
  • box tax
  • plant cells
  • normally causes
  • sequencing technique

  • cell walls
  • specialized protein
  • dna strand
  • homologous chromosomes
  • wherein dissimilar

  • carry foreign
  • latent period
  • total hereditary
  • plant phloem
  • sequencing projects

  • pathogen inoculation
  • gall disease
  • infecting various
  • artificial chromosome
  • tristeza disease

  • recombinant dna
  • sieve elements
  • hereditary material
  • protein complexes
  • polymerase chain


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