Genetic diversity of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) prevalent in assam causing banana bunchy top disease

Molecular detection of Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) was carried out using nucleic acid based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method with six different primer pairs for the six components of BBTV (DNA1 to DNA6) genome. Samples were collected from six banana cultivars exhibiting the characteristic symptoms Banana bunchy top disease from eight districts of Assam viz., Jorhat, Golaghat, Sonitpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Kamrup Metro, Kamrup Rural and Goalpara.