Archives of Virology (2011) 156, 2309-2311

Wulf Menzel, Mathew M. Abang and Stephan Winter (2011)
Characterization of Cucumber vein-clearing virus, a whitefly (Bemisia tabaci G.)-transmitted carlavirus
Archives of Virology 156 (12), 2309-2311
Abstract: During 2009, a watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) plant grown in Tanzania was observed with severe symptoms of mosaic, mottling, blistering and deformation. The presence of a new Carlavirus was demonstrated in the symptomatic plants using PCR analysis and nucleotide sequencing. Following mechanical inoculations of various cucurbits, cucumber responding with mottling and mosaic, while watermelon plants showed vein-clearing and leafroll symptoms. The name cucumber vein-clearing virus (CuVCV) is proposed for this virus.
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Database assignments for author(s): Wulf Menzel, Stephan Winter, Mathew Musumbale Abang

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cucumber vein-clearing virus	Watermelon/colocynth (Citrullus)	Tanzania