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The Natural Occurrence of Eggplant Mottled Dwarf Rhabdovirus in Tobacco in Italy
Author(s) -
Polverari A.,
Marte M.,
Castellano M. A.
Publication year - 1996
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.1439-0434.1996.tb01483.x
Subject(s) - biology , herbaceous plant , serology , virus , botany , virology , zoology , veterinary medicine , genetics , medicine , antibody
The natural occurrence of eggplant mottled dwarf rhabdovirus (EMDV) in field‐grown tobacco plants iti Italy is reported. The virus was identified by the differential reactions of herbaceous hosts, electron microscopy and serology. This seems to be the first record of natural itifection of tobacco by EMDV.