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Apical Chlorosis Disease of Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) Caused by Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Brazil
Author(s) -
Botteux L. S.,
ÁVila A. C.,
Giordano L. B.,
Lima M. I.,
Kitajima E. W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1995.tb00212.x
Subject(s) - tospovirus , chlorosis , biology , tomato spotted wilt virus , serology , plant virus , wilt disease , botany , virus , horticulture , virology , immunology , antibody
A severe new disease was observed in field‐grown chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) plants in Brasilia‐DF, central Brazil. Symptoms were mainly general chlorosis accompanied by necrosis of the new growth and plant stunting, but pods were symptomless. Host range studies, serology, particle morphology, and cytopathology showed that tomato‐spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV) was the cause of the disease. This is apparently the first report of a chickpea disease caused by natural infection of a tospovirus.