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| Author(s): |
Leonor Cristina Silva SOUZA
[1]
;
Rogerio Eiji HANADA
[2]
;
Luiz Alberto Guimarães ASSIS
[3]
;
Viviana M. CAMELO-GARCÍA
[4]
;
Jorge Alberto Marques REZENDE
[5]
;
Valdir A. YUKI
[6]
;
Elliot W. KITAJIMA
[7]
Total Authors: 7
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Coordenação de Tecnologia e Inovação (COTEI) - Brasil
[2] Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Coordenação de Tecnologia e Inovação (COTEI) - Brasil
[3] Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Coordenação de Sociedade, Ambiente e Saúde (COSAS) - Brasil
[4] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia - Brasil
[5] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia - Brasil
[6] Instituto Agronômico de Campinas. Centro de Fitossanidade - Brasil
[7] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 7
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Acta Amazonica; v. 50, n. 1, p. 5-7, 2020-02-17. |
| Abstract | |
ABSTRACT The habanero chilli pepper, Capsicum chinense is an important crop in the Amazon Basin, mainly grown by small-scale producers. Capsicum chinense plants in an experimental field in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas were found exhibiting characteristic symptoms of viral infection. Leaf sap from symptomatic plants examined under a transmission electron microscope revealed the presence of elongated flexuous particles and isometric particles. Using molecular assays, the viruses were identified as pepper yellow mosaic virus (PepYMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Aphids, identified as Aphis gossypii, were found colonizing the C. chinense plants in the field and may be the vector for both PepYMV and CMV. We report the first occurrence of these viruses infecting C. chinense in the state of Amazonas. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/18910-4 - Diversity of molecular pathogens (viruses and viroids) present in Brazil. Phase II. 2018 |
| Grantee: | Elliot Watanabe Kitajima |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants |