Viruses of cucurbit crops: Current status in the Mediterranean Region

N Radouane, S Ezrari, Z Belabess, A Tahiri… - Phytopathologia …, 2021 - torrossa.com
Cucurbits are among the most cultivated crops, and the most economically important
species are melon (Cucumis melo L.), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), watermelon (Citrullus …

Viruses of cucurbit crops in the Mediterranean region: an ever-changing picture

H Lecoq, C Desbiez - Advances in virus research, 2012 - Elsevier
Cucurbit crops may be affected by at least 28 different viruses in the Mediterranean basin.
Some of these viruses are widely distributed and cause severe yield losses while others are …

A historical account of viruses in intensive horticultural crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New challenges for a sustainable agriculture

L Velasco, L Ruiz, L Galipienso, L Rubio, D Janssen - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The epidemiological dynamics followed by viruses in protected horticultural crops in the
Mediterranean Arc of Spain has evolved from a majority of those transmitted by aphids to the …

Genetic differentiation and migration fluxes of viruses from melon crops and crop edge weeds

A Maachi, L Donaire, Y Hernando… - Journal of Virology, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Weeds surrounding crops may act as alternative hosts, playing important epidemiological
roles as virus reservoirs and impacting virus evolution. We used high-throughput …

Relative incidence, spatial distribution and genetic diversity of cucurbit viruses in eastern Spain

M Juarez, P Legua, CM Mengual… - Annals of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Viral diseases that could cause important economic losses often affect cucurbits, but only
limited information on the incidence and spatial distribution of specific viruses is currently …

Differential seasonal prevalence of yellowing viruses infecting melon crops in southern California and Arizona determined by multiplex RT-PCR and RT-qPCR

S Mondal, LJ Hladky, WM Wintermantel - Plant Disease, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Viruses transmitted by the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) are an increasing threat to cucurbit
production in the southwestern United States and many other cucurbit production regions of …

Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus Is Prevalent in Field-Grown Cucurbit Crops of Southeastern Spain

MA Kassem, RN Sempere, M Juárez… - Plant …, 2007 - Am Phytopath Society
Despite the importance of field-grown cucurbits in Spain, only limited information is available
about the impact of disease on their production. During the 2003 and 2004 growing …

Aphid‐borne viruses infecting cultivated watermelon and squash in Spain: characterization of a variant of cucurbit aphid‐borne yellows virus (CABYV)

MP Rabadán, M Juárez, C De Moya‐Ruiz… - Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aphid‐borne viruses are responsible for major cucurbit diseases and hamper the
sustainability of crop production. Systematic monitoring can reveal the occurrence and …

Characterization of cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (CABYV) from passion fruit in Brazil: evidence of a complex of species within CABYV isolates

AH Vidal, C Lacorte, MM Sanches, DMT Alves-Freitas… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
High-throughput sequencing (HTS) has been an important tool for the discovery of plant
viruses and their surveillance. In 2015, several virus-like symptoms were observed in …

Genetic Diversity and Potential Vectors and Reservoirs of Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus in Southeastern Spain

MA Kassem, M Juarez, P Gómez… - …, 2013 - Am Phytopath Society
The genetic variability of a Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (CABYV)(genus Polerovirus,
family Luteoviridae) population was evaluated by determining the nucleotide sequences of …