Open AccessSTUDIES ON TOMATO MOSAIC IN PUERTO RICO A NEW MOSAIC DISEASE OF TOMATO
Author(s) -
L. A. Alvarez García,
José Adsuar
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v27i4.12881
Subject(s) - pepper , biology , inoculation , tobacco mosaic virus , capsicum annuum , virus , horticulture , mosaic virus , solanaceae , tobamovirus , plant virus , virology , gene , biochemistry
The present studies demonstrate the presence of the pepper virus (Roque and Adsuar) (6) in tomato plants affected with mosaic. The virus causes a characteristic faint, yellowish mottling and downward puckering of tomato leaves. This has been repeatedly verified by inoculating tomato plants with (1) pepper virus obtained from tomato mosaic affected plants, (2) tomato mosaic virus passed through tobacco and N. glutinosa and (3) with pure cultures of the pepper virus thru commercial peppers. The identity of the virus has been substantiated in all cases by the severe veinnecrosis reaction it produces in the Large Bell Hot pepper variety.