Claim · model-written summary
Under mechanical inoculation, ToLCNDV symptoms in C. moschata accessions were mild and delayed.
- Taxon
- C. moschata
Cucurbita moschatae7 - Treatment
- mechanical inoculatione7
- Outcome
- symptomse7
- Qualifier
- mild and delayede7
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Verbatim
e7“Under natural infection, a few C. moschata accessions remained asymptomatic and no virus was detected in the plant apex. Under mechanical inoculation, ToLCNDV symptoms were mild and delayed in these accessions and they were PCR positive”
Title
Tolerance to ToLCNDV in Cucurbita spp.
C. Sáez; C. Martínez; M. Ferriol; et al. Acta Horticulturae 2017. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2017.1151.6
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Mechanical transmission of ToLCNDV was confirmed in all Cucurbita species tested.
- Observation Severe symptoms appeared 30 and 35 days after mechanical and natural inoculation in C. pepo.
- Observation Severe symptoms were found in the wild relative C. fraterna.
- Observation Cucurbita maxima was highly susceptible to ToLCNDV.
- Observation C. ficifolia was highly susceptible to ToLCNDV.
- Observation C. moschata was the only species showing tolerance to ToLCNDV.
- Observation In C. moschata, ToLCNDV infection produced mosaic and mottling instead of curling.
- Observation Under natural infection, a few C. moschata accessions remained asymptomatic.
- Observation Under natural infection, no virus was detected in the apex of the asymptomatic C. moschata accessions.
- Observation Under mechanical inoculation, the C. moschata accessions with mild symptoms were PCR positive.
- Observation Some of the more tolerant Cucurbita accessions came from India.