Viruses (2023) 15 (2 - 282)

Kingsley Ochar, Ho-Cheol Ko, Hee-Jong Woo, Bum-Soo Hahn and Onsook Hur (2023)
Pepper mild mottle virus: An infectious pathogen in pepper production and a potential indicator of domestic water quality
Viruses 15 (2 - 282)
Abstract: Pepper (Capsicum spp.; Family: Solanaceae; 2n = 24) is an important crop cultivated worldwide for the consumption of its fresh and dried processed fruits. Pepper fruits are used as raw materials in a wide variety of industrial processes. As a multipurpose vegetable crop, there is a need to increase the yield. However, yield productivity of pepper is severely constrained by infectious plant pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes. The pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) is currently one of the most damaging pathogens associated with yield losses in pepper production worldwide. In addition to impacts on pepper productivity, PMMoV has been detected in domestic and aquatic water resources, as well as in the excreta of animals, including humans. Therefore, PMMoV has been suggested as a potential indicator of domestic water quality. These findings present additional concerns and trigger the need to control the infectious pathogen in crop production. This review provides an overview of the distribution, economic impacts, management, and genome sequence variation of some isolates of PMMoV. We also describe genetic resources available for crop breeding against PMMoV.
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Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pepper mild mottle virus	Green pepper/chilli (Capsicum)