Sweet potato feathery mottle virus is the casual agent of Sweet Potato virus Diseases (SPVD) in Italy.
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2006
abstract:
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) plants with virus-like symptoms were observed in many fields in Latina
province (Lazio, Central Italy). Observations of leaf-dip preparations by electron microscopy revealed elongated virus particles with a modal length of about 840 nm; whereas in ultrathin sections potyvirus type-IV cylindrical inclusions bodies (CIBs) were observed.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
sweet potato; yellowings; SPFMV; electron microscopy
List of contributors:
Parrella, Giuseppe; DE STRADIS, Angelo
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