Journal Article
First report of cucumber mosaic cucumovirus subgroup 1 in South Africa, from banana with infectious chlorosis
Year1998
JournalPlant Disease
Volume82
Total pages10
KeywordsAfrica, banana, bananas, bananas, chlorosis, plant diseases, plant pathogens, fruit crops, plant pathology, chlorosis, CMV, Cucumovirus, Musa, plant viruses, cucumber mosaic cucumovirus, Musaceae, Zingiberales, monocotyledons, angiosperms, Spermatophyta, plants, viruses, plant pathogens, pathogens, cucumovirus group, plant viruses, Southern Africa, Africa South of Sahara, Africa, Developing Countries, Threshold Countries, Anglophone Afric, PATHOGENICITY, South Af
Abstract
The causal agent of mosaic symptoms of bananas in South Africa was identified as cucumber mosaic cucumovirus (CMV) subgroup 1. Pathogenicity was confirmed. This is thought to be the first report of CMV in bananas in South Africa