Open AccessFirst outbreak of Pepper vein yellows virus infecting sweet pepper in Italy
Author(s) -
Panno S.,
Biondo C.,
Piazza V.,
Graci S.,
Alfaro A.,
Font M.I.,
Marchione S.,
Davino M.,
Bella P.,
Davino S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2044-0588
DOI - 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2016.034.003
Subject(s) - pepper , biology , horticulture , genbank , chlorosis , polymerase chain reaction , rouge , plant virus , rna extraction , veterinary medicine , crop , outbreak , amplicon , hectare , botany , virology , virus , rna , gene , agronomy , genetics , medicine , ecology , natural language processing , computer science , agriculture
Sweet pepper (Capsicum annum) is an economically important crop worldwide, including Sicily where about 4,000 hectares are grown each year. In October 2015, severe symptoms not previously reported by growers in the horticultural area of the province of Trapani (Sicily, Italy) were observed on sweet pepper plants in eight different greenhouses. Symptoms included upward leaf curling, internodal shortening and interveinal yellowing. Symptoms were more evident in the upper part of the plants. These symptoms were reminiscent of those caused by poleroviruses. In the greenhouse, symptoms were evident in about 35% of the plants. Three samples per greenhouse (24 in total) were collected for analysis