Co-infection of two criniviruses and a begomovirus enhances the disease severity in cucumber

• Published in: European journal of plant pathology Vol. 142; no. 3; pp. 521 - 530
• Main Authors: Abrahamian, Peter, Sobh, Hana, Seblani, Rewa, Abou-Jawdah, Yusuf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.07.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Aleyrodidae; Begomovirus; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Crinivirus; Cucumbers; Cucumis sativus; Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus; Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus; Cucurbitaceae; disease control; disease severity; Ecology; greenhouses; Life Sciences; mixed infection; Plant diseases; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Squash leaf curl virus; Vegetables; viruses; Lebanon; Mixed infection; Cucurbits; virus; Whitefly

In the past two decades, viruses in the genera Crinivirus and Begomovirus, transmitted by whiteflies, have emerged as threatening diseases to cucurbit cultivation. The criniviruses Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) and Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) occur in mixed infection at...