Occurrence of Mosaic Caused by Cucumber mosaic virus in Lobelia Hybrids in France and Italy

Plant Disease
L CardinB Moury

Abstract

In 2002, mosaic symptoms associated with yellowish ringspots were observed on leaves of a hybrid of lobelia (Lobelia spp.) grown in a public garden in Alsace (France). In 2003, similar symptoms were observed in Lobelia laxiflora in the Hanbury botanical garden (La Mortola, Italy) and the botanical garden of Nice (France). Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) was identified in samples collected from the three locations on the basis of the following: symptoms exhibited by a host range of inoculated plants previously described (1); the observation of isometric particles (approximately 30 nm) with an electron microscope in crude sap preparations from inoculated plants and semipurified extracts of Claytonia perfoliata; and the positive reaction in double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (DAS-ELISA) to antibodies raised against CMV (2). In double-immunodiffusion analysis, each isolate was shown to belong to the group II strains of CMV (4). In these experiments, no differences were observed among the isolates collected. To test if CMV was responsible for the symptoms observed in Lobelia spp., an isolate from Alsace was grown in Xanthinc tobacco plants following isolation from local lesions on Vigna unguiculata and then mech...Continue Reading

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