Impact of Pepper Leaf Curl Virus and Candidatus Phytoplasma Asteris in Plants

Abstract

This research has reviewed about pepper leaf curl virus and candidatus phytoplasma and its impacts in plants. A number of related work has been done by various researcher across the world. Phytoplasmas are bacteria that infect plants and require both a host plant and an insect vector to propagate and survive. Similarly, pepper leaf curl virus is a significant constraint on plants induced by begomovirus. Begomoviruses are belonging to the geminiviruses family that are mostly transmitted by whiteflies from one plant to other. Their genomes contain two components (DNA A and B) or one (DNA C) (homologous to the DNA A and B component of bipartite begomoviruses). These viruses changes physiological responses in plants via signaling of hormonal, nutritional and stress where as induce their interactions in the environment.