Studies on Sesame Virus Diseases Ⅱ.Identification of the Pathogen of Sesame Yellow Mosaic Disease

Following the successful identification of sesame dwarf necrosis disease, this study focused on the identification of sesame yellow mosaic disease which widely spreaded all over the sesame-grown areas in China with general infecting rate of about 5%. The virus (YMo-I) infected sesame (Sesamum indicum) plant inducing symptoms of evenly chlorotic,yellowing mosaic or mottle of leaves with slight plant stunt. YMo-I could infect mechanically 12 plant species or cultivars of 4 families. Its local hosts were Cheno...