New Natural Hosts of Pepino mosaic virus in Spain

Plant Disease
M C CórdobaC Jordá

Abstract

Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) was first detected in Spain in 2000 (1). The virus infects tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) crops and causes a variety of symptoms including leaf distortion, chlorosis, mosaic, blistering of the leaf surface, green striations on the stem and sepals, and fruit discoloration. PepMV is present along the southern and eastern regions of Spain (provinces of Granada, Almeria, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, and Barcelona), Balearic, and the Canary Islands. In the summer and autumn of 2001 and 2002, virus-like symptoms were observed in native plants growing in or around tomato fields in Murcia and Almeria provinces. To study the alternate hosts that may serve as virus reservoirs, 62 samples of 42 common weed species, including asymptomatic plants, were collected and analyzed for PepMV using double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with a commercial antiserum (DSMZ As-0554; Biologische Bundesantstal, Braunschweig, Germany). The following weed hosts tested positive for PepMV: Bassia scoparia (L.) Voss., Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br., Chenopodium murale L., Convolvulus althaeoides L., Convolvulus arvensis L., Conyza albida Willd. ex Spreng., Coronopus sp., Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC, Echium...Continue Reading

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Dec 20, 2008·Journal of Internal Medicine·G Silvestri
Oct 1, 2007·Plant Disease·Maria Del Carmen Córdoba-SellésConcepción Jordá-Gutiérrez
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Oct 13, 2020·Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B·Wan-Qin HeJian-Xiang Wu
Jan 29, 2021·Plants·Roger A C Jones

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