Indigenous double-stranded RNA from pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Authors

Rodrigo A. Valverde, LSU Agricultural Center
Stephen Nameth, The Ohio State University
Omer Abdallha, University of California, Riverside
O. Al-Musa, University of California, Riverside
Paul Desjardins, University of California, Riverside
Allan Dodds, University of California, Riverside

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1990

Abstract

A unique 12 kb linear double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) was detected in the chloroplast fraction of tissue extracts from pepper (Capsicum annuum). This dsRNA was detected in 10 out of 14 pepper cultivars tested. Molecular hybridization using cDNA to this dsRNA indicated that the 12 kb dsRNAs found in these pepper cultivars had nucleotide sequence similarity. This dsRNA did not hybridize to dsRNAs of similar size detected in bean and melon, nor to other dsRNAs found in non-virus inoculated plants. No evidence was obtained for a virus-like particle associated with this dsRNA. © 1990.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Plant Science

First Page

195

Last Page

201

Recommended Citation

Valverde, R., Nameth, S., Abdallha, O., Al-Musa, O., Desjardins, P., & Dodds, A. (1990). Indigenous double-stranded RNA from pepper (Capsicum annuum). Plant Science, 67 (2), 195-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9452(90)90243-H