Research Article

Incidence, Molecular Detection, and Partial Nucleotide Sequencing of Some Viruses Causing Fig Mosaic Disease (FMD) on Fig Plants in Egypt

Table 1

Primer sets used in RT-PCR for the identification of seven fig viruses.

VirusPrimer (5′–3′)Amplified product (bp)Amplified regionReferences

FMVE5-s CGGTAGCAAATGGAATGAAA
E5-a AACACTGTTTTTGCGATTGG
302RdRpElbeaino et al. [31]

FLMaV-1N17-s CGTGGCTGATGCAAAGTTTA
N17-a GTTAACGCATGCTTCCATGA
352HSP70Elbeaino et al. [23]

FLMaV-2F3-s GAACAGTGCCTATCAGTTTGATTTG
F3-a TCCCACCTCCTGCGAAGCTAGAGAA
360HSP70Elbeaino et al. [32]

FMMaVLM3-s AAGGGGAATCTACAAGGGTCG
LM3-a TATTACGCGCTTGAGGATTGC
311HSP70Elbeaino et al. [25]

FCVR1-s TCGATTGTCTTTGGAGAGG
R1-a CGCATCCACAGTATCCCATT
353RdRpElbeaino et al. [24]

FFkaVd8-s ATGACGACTGTCAACTCCCT
d8-a TTAAGCCAGGGTGGGAGTGTTG
270RdRpElbeaino et al. [20]

FLV-1CPtr1-s CCATCTTCACCACACAAATGTC
CPtr2-a CAATCTTCTTGGCCTCCATAAG
389CPGattoni et al. [33]