First report of Alternanthera mosaic virus infecting Pereskia aculeata in Brazil

• Published in: Plant disease
• Main Authors: Eiras, Marcelo, Chaves, Alexandre, Del Corona, Fernanda Padua, Guimarães, Jandson José do Vale, Bello, Vinicius Henrique, Kitajima, Elliot W, Ramos-González, Pedro Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2025
• Subjects: Pathogen detection; Causal Agent; Vegetables; Viruses and viroids; Crop Type; Subject Areas

Pereskia aculeata Miller is a climbing cactus, native to native to tropical areas of the Americas, whose leaves are used in cooking and folk medicine. Known as "Barbados gooseberry", "leaf cactus" and "ora-pro-nóbis" (OPN), it is considered an unconventional food plant,...