Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 71 No. 1, 2012.
Short communication, Note
https://doi.org/10.2478/v10184-011-0052-7
Natural occurrence of Cucumber mosaic virus infecting water mint (Mentha aquatica) in Antalya and Konya, Turkey
Mehmet A. Sevik
; Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey
Abstract
A virus causing a disease in mint (the aromatic and culinary plant) has recently become a problem in the Taurus Mountains, a mountain range in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. To detect the virus and investigate its distribution in the region, mint leaf samples were collected from the vicinity of spring areas in the plateaus of Antalya and Konya in 2009. It was found that Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) was detected in 27.08% of symptomatic samples tested by DAS-ELISA. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of CMV on mint plants in this region of Turkey.
Keywords
Disease; Cucumber mosaic virus; detection; Mentha aquatica
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79039
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Publication date:
27.3.2012.
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