Occurrence of Lily mottle virus in Escarole

Occurrence of pepper mild mottle virus in drinking water sources in Japan.

Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) is a plant virus that has been recently proposed as a potential indicator of human fecal contamination of environmental waters; however, information on its geographical occurrence in surface water is still limited. We aimed to determine the seasonal and geographic occurrence of PMMoV in drinking water sources all over Japan. Between July 2008 and February 2011, ...

Occurrence and molecular characterization of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus in cucurbit crops of KPK, Pakistan

Field survey of the cucurbit crops revealed a high incidence of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK), Pakistan. Among the seven districts surveyed, average percent incidence of CGMMV was recorded up to 58.1% in district Nowshera, followed by 51.1% in district Charsada, 40.5% in district Swabi and 37.3% in district Mardan. In Swat and Dir districts aver...

Occurrence of Squash yellow mild mottle virus and Pepper golden mosaic virus in Potential New Hosts in Costa Rica

Leaf samples of Solanum lycopersicum, Capsicum annuum, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita pepo, Sechium edule and Erythrina spp. were collected. All samples were positive for begomoviruses using polymerase chain reaction and degenerate primers. A sequence of ∼1,100 bp was obtained from the genomic component DNA-A of 14 samples. In addition, one sequence of ∼580 bp corresponding to the coat protein (...

The occurrence of bovine virus diarrhoea/muscosal disease in Iran

Mottle Leaf, a Virus Disease of Cherries '

A graft-transmissible disease of cherry trees herein referred to as mottle leaf is known to have existed in different sections of the Pacific Northwest for the last several years. In 1917 D. F. Fisher photographed ^ cherry leaf specimens collected near Monitor, Wash., which exhibited symptoms similar to mottle leaf. Zeller (8) * reported having observed the disease in 1920 on Napoleon (Royal An...