Occurrence of virus diseases on cucumber in Gyeongbuk Province

Occurrence of virus diseases on cucumber in Gyeongbuk Province

2008

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Cucumber is high valued cash crop, for it is grown during the winter season in plastic house. Recently, virus disease spread widely in cucumber growing area and cause severe income loss. Therefore, occurrence of virus disease on cucumber were surveyed from 2004 to 2006 in Sangju and Gunwi area, Gyeongbuk province. The rate of plastic house which has infected plants was 55.0 88.6%. Infection rate was the highest at Sangju in 2006 than others and ranged from 15 to 90.0% per plastic house. The 217 samples showing virus symptom were analyzed by RT-PCR using appropriate detection primer. Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) has the highest infection rate (detected over 85%) and followed by Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV). But Watermelon mosaic virus-2 (WMV-2) was not detected in our survey. Therefore, we conclude that ZYMV is major pathogene of virus disease on cucumber. ZYMV induced chlorosis and severe mosaic on the leaves and distortion on the surface of fruits.

v.14(2):138-141, RESEARCH IN PLANT DISEASE

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