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First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting sweet pepper in Italy

A. CarusoStefano PannoG. BlancoSalvatore Davino

subject

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineoutbreakHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesisfungifood and beveragesOutbreakSettore AGR/12 - Patologia VegetaleTomato brown rugose fruit virusPlant Science030108 mycology & parasitologyBiology01 natural sciencesToBRFVCrop03 medical and health sciencesCapsicum annuumHorticulturePepperPepperRed Sweet PepperAgronomy and Crop Science010606 plant biology & botany

description

In January 2020, about 85% of a red sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) crop in a greenhouse located in Ragusa province (Sicily, Italy) showed virus-like symptoms. Symptoms consisted of a slight mosaic and discoloration of young leaves, vein clearing on young leaves, browning of the stem with strong necrosis located in the intersection of the secondary branches, partial necrosis of the vegetative apex and marbling, mosaic and distortion of the fruits (Fig. 1). It is important to note that in 2019 the same greenhouse was cultivated with tomato, which had been removed due to extensive infection caused by Tomato brown rugose fruit virus

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-01
10.5197/j.2044-0588.2020.041.020http://hdl.handle.net/10447/471739