First report of citrus exocortis viroid, citrus bent leaf viroid, hop stunt viroid and citrus dwarfing viroid in Lao PDR

• DOI: 10.1007/s13313-020-00740-6
• Publication Date: 2020-09-18T09:03:59Z
• Authors: N. J. Donovan; G. A. Chambers; A. Englezou; S. Phanthavong; A. Daly; O. Wildman; P. Holford; L. W. Burgess
• Keywords: Dwarfing

Citrus exocortis viroid, citrus bent leaf viroid, hop stunt viroid and citrus dwarfing viroid were detected for the first time in Lao PDR. Samples were collected from citrus trees across southern Lao PDR for laboratory testing in Australia. RNA was extracted and amplified using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR); viroid identities were confirmed by sequencing.