J. sambac plants growing next to cotton fields in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in 2016, four
exhibited mild leaf curling, yellowing and vein-thickening, typical of begomovirus infection.
The causal pathogens were isolated and identified as Cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus
(CLCuKoV), cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMuB) and alphasatellites based on
molecular and genetic analyses. This is thought to be the first report of J. sambac being a …