Molecular and biological characterization of Chilli leaf curl virus and associated Tomato leaf curl betasatellite infecting tobacco in Oman

Table 2 Infectivity of Chilli leaf curl virus and associated Tomato leaf curl betasatellite by Agrobacterium-mediated inoculation

Plant	ChLCV					ChLCV and ToLCB
	Plants symptomatic/plants inoculated			Symptoms^a	Latent period^b (dpi)	Plants symptomatic /plants inoculated			Symptoms^a	Latent Period^b (dpi)
	Exp. 1	Exp. 2	Exp. 3	Symptoms^a	Latent period^b (dpi)	Exp. 1	Exp. 2	Exp. 3	Symptoms^a	Latent Period^b (dpi)
N. benthamiana	8/8	7/8	8/8	sulr, vs	16	8/8	8/8	8/8	sdlc, cr	12
N. glutinosa	7/8	8/8	6/8	cr	21	8/8	7/8	8/8	sdlc, cr	18
N. tabacum	5/8	4/8	3/8	mcr,	21	6/8	4/8	5/8	mdlr, mcr	18

^aSymptoms are denoted as cr leaf crumpling, mcr mild leaf crumpling, sdlc severe downward leaf curl, mdlr mild downward leaf roll, sulr severe upward leaf roll and vs foliar vein swelling
^bTime between inoculation and first appearance of symptoms

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