Presence of Banana streak viruses on the cultivar FHIA 23 in Cuba
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Bananas and plantains (Musa. sp) play a significant role in food security in Cuba. Tetraploid interspecific hybrids (AAAB, AABB, and AAAA) and dessert/ cooking bananas (AAA, AAB, and ABB) are between the most cultivated varieties. Banana streak viruses (BSVs) form a complex of badnaviruses from the family Caulimoviridae known to infect Musa sp. worldwide (Bhat et al., 2016). Several species of BSV have been fully characterized and are now recognized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) (King et al., 2012; Adams et al., 2015). The most widespread species are Banana streak OL virus (BSOLV), Banana streak GF virus (BSGFV), Banana streak IM virus (BSIMV), Banana streak MY virus (BSMYV) (Iskra-Caruana et al., 2014 a, b).
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