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ageratum

(ăj'ərā`təm, əjĕr`ə–) [Gr.,=unaging], any plant of the genus Ageratum, tropical American annuals of the family Asteraceae (asteraster
[Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information.  family). The commonly cultivated species is the Mexican A. houstonianum, with thick terminal clusters of blue flowers. The similar mistflower, a Eupatorium (see bonesetboneset
or thoroughwort
, perennial North American herb (Eupatorium perfoliatum) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), having terminal clusters of small, chiefly white blossoms.
..... Click the link for more information. ), is a perennial sometimes called hardy ageratum. Ageratum is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.
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Previous studies have shown that cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMV), cotton leaf curl Burewala virus (CLCuBV), tobacco leaf curl Pusa virus (TbLCuPuV), Ageratum yellow vein virus (AYVV), tobacco curly shoot virus (TbCSV), tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), East African cassava mosaic Kenya virus (EACMKnV) and mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) are usually associated with alphasatellite (Satya et al., 2014; Shahid et al., 2014; Harimalala el al., 2013; Kumar et al., 2011; Singh et al., 2011; Mubin et al., 2010; Xie et al., 2010; Mansoor et al., 1999) (Fig.
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