Sharka (Plum pox virus): A Forgotten Disease in Iran

Azam Nikbakht Dehkordi; Nadali Babaeian; Sajede Karimpour; Pedro Martinez-Gomez; Manuel Rubio; Nadali Bagheri

Volume 4, Issue 2 , December 2017, , Pages 183-191

https://doi.org/10.22059/ijhst.2017.241714.205

Abstract
  Plum pox or sharka, a viral disease caused by Plum pox virus (PPV), severely affects the production of Prunus species in Europe. The first evidence of sharka was reported in Iran in 2000 . Due to the economic impact of this disease on crop production, recent advances in the term of  biology, epidemiology, ...  Read More