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[[File:Squash_leaf_curl_virus_IPM0162096.jpg|250px|thumb|symptoms of Squash leaf curl virus on watermelon (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): J.K. Brown, University of Arizona<br/>Source: [http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0162096 IPM Images]]]
 
[[File:Squash_leaf_curl_virus_IPM0162096.jpg|250px|thumb|symptoms of Squash leaf curl virus on watermelon (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): J.K. Brown, University of Arizona<br/>Source: [http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0162096 IPM Images]]]
<font color="#800000">'''Squash leaf curl virus'''</font> (SLCV)
 
 
[[File:Squash_leaf_curl_virus_IPM2511041.jpg|250px|thumb|left|symptoms of Squash leaf curl virus on watermelon (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): David Riley, University of Georgia<br/>Source: [http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=2511041 IPM Images]]]
 
[[File:Squash_leaf_curl_virus_IPM2511041.jpg|250px|thumb|left|symptoms of Squash leaf curl virus on watermelon (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): David Riley, University of Georgia<br/>Source: [http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=2511041 IPM Images]]]
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<font color="#800000">'''Squash leaf curl virus'''</font> (SLCV)
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This is a complex of genetically different viruses which infect mainly cucurbits and are transmitted by whiteflies. Yield losses of more than 50% have been reported for some epidemics. On squash, the symptoms include leaf-curling, mottling and chlorosis of the young leaves.
 
This is a complex of genetically different viruses which infect mainly cucurbits and are transmitted by whiteflies. Yield losses of more than 50% have been reported for some epidemics. On squash, the symptoms include leaf-curling, mottling and chlorosis of the young leaves.
  
 
See below for a list of the different varieties of this complex of viruses. They have a bipartite genome consisting of single-stranded DNA (DNA-A and DNA-B).
 
See below for a list of the different varieties of this complex of viruses. They have a bipartite genome consisting of single-stranded DNA (DNA-A and DNA-B).
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symptoms of Squash leaf curl virus on watermelon (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): J.K. Brown, University of Arizona
Source: IPM Images
symptoms of Squash leaf curl virus on watermelon (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): David Riley, University of Georgia
Source: IPM Images

Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV)

This is a complex of genetically different viruses which infect mainly cucurbits and are transmitted by whiteflies. Yield losses of more than 50% have been reported for some epidemics. On squash, the symptoms include leaf-curling, mottling and chlorosis of the young leaves.

See below for a list of the different varieties of this complex of viruses. They have a bipartite genome consisting of single-stranded DNA (DNA-A and DNA-B).

Vernacular names
• English: Squash leaf curl virus
• Français: virus de l’enroulement des feuilles de la courge




The literature database currently contains 42 publications for Squash leaf curl virus. (See box above/on left.)

Currently, the following viruses of this complex have been entered into the system: