Identification of Tobacco Etch Virus Infecting Capsicum annuum
Abstract: An isolate of virus was obtained from Capsicum annuum in Yangling of Shaanxi Province. Virus infected 8 plant species from families out of 17 plant species from 6 families tested. Virus Caused systematic lesion etch on Nicotiana tobacum white Burley and N. tobacum samsun, and mosaic and distorsion on Datura stramonium and Capsicum annuum, and local lesions on Chenopodium amaranticolor, Its thermal inactivation point was 50—55℃ dilution end point was 1000—3000, and longevity in vitro was 3—5 days, Myzus pers...