Claim · model-written summary
Tests were negative for impatiens necrotic spot virus.
- Taxon
- Ficus elastica
Ficus elasticat0 - Interactor
- impatiens necrotic spot virus
Impatiens necrotic spot viruse0pathogen
- Outcome
- impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV, Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae ) was negativee0
Verbatim
e0“Testing for the presence of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV, Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae ) and impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV, Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae ) was negative”
t0“Ficus elastica”
Title
First Report of Fig Mosaic Virus ( Emaravirus fici ) Infecting Ficus elastica
Aggeliki Rampou; Despoina Beris; Ioanna Malandraki; et al. Journal of Phytopathology 2026. doi:10.1111/jph.70251
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation A residential Ficus elastica plant displayed severe virus-like symptoms in Athens in 2024.
- Observation Tests were negative for tomato spotted wilt virus.
- Observation Sequencing and assembly exclusively identified fig mosaic virus.
- Observation RT-PCR and sequencing confirmed fig mosaic virus presence.
- Observation FMV-FeL RNA matched GenBank sequences in phylogenetic identity and genetic signature.
- Observation FMV was absent from ten nursery Ficus plants.
- Observation The paper reports the first documented natural FMV infection of Ficus elastica.