Claim · model-written summary
Winged Myzus persicae were abundant on squash and watermelon crops.
- Taxon
- squash and watermelone0
- Interactor
- Myzus persicae
Myzus persicaee1pest - Outcome
- winged forms of this aphid were found in abundancee0
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Verbatim
e0“winged forms of this aphid were found in abundance on squash and watermelon crops”
e1“Myzus persicae (Sulz.)”
Title
Watermelon mosaic virus, the cause of a serious disease of cucurbits in the Cook Islands
Wayne Thomas New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 1980. doi:10.1080/03015521.1980.10426280
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation A debilitating virus disease was first recorded in squash, watermelon, and cucumber on Rarotonga and Aitutaki.
- Observation The disease was also recorded in wild pumpkin.
- Observation The disease was also recorded in balsam apple.
- Observation Myzus persicae readily transmitted the virus in a non-persistent manner.
- Observation The disease virus was identified as watermelon mosaic virus, strain 1.