Capsicum annuum– a new host of Parietaria mottle virus in Spain

The Influence of Crop Habitat and Control Strategies on Pepper Viruses in Andalusia (Spain)

“…To date, no pepper cultivars resistant to PMoV are available. PMoV has emerged as a pathogen of Solanaceous crops in the Mediterranean countries of Spain, France, Italy and Greece [14,[32][33][34]. Recent studies suggest that pollen transmitted from surrounding Parietaria officinalis plants could be a major source of infection in Solanaceous crops, and several insect species of the orders Hemiptera and Thysanoptera were candidates as vectors.…”

“…AY496068. These primers produce an amplicon of the expected size (475 bp) [14]. ToCV was detected with the primers 5′-TTTGTTCCTCTTTGGGTTTC-3′ and Sampled pepper plants belonged to one of a wide range of cultivar types such as Lamuyo, Bell Pepper, Kappya, Italian Sweet Pepper, Chili pepper, and snack-sized peppers, and were from either local or commercial cultivars, including varieties from the following seed companies: De Ruiter Seeds, Enza Zaden España, Nunhems Spain S.A, Rijk Zwaan Iberica S.A., Semillas Fitó, Syngenta Seeds, Tozer Seeds Iberica, Western Seed 2000 SL, Zeraim Ibérica S.A., and Zeta Seeds.…”

“…AY496068. These primers produce an amplicon of the expected size (475 bp) [14]. ToCV was detected with the primers 5 -TTTGTTCCTCTTTGGGTTTC-3 and 5 -ATGGGTTTTCTGATGATAAT-3 , designed to amplify a 708-bp fragment from the ToCV genome [9].…”

“…Some of these viruses are contact and seed-transmitted, including Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV, [8]), Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV, [9]) and Tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV, [10]), and some are aphid transmitted, including Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV, [11]) and Potato virus Y (PVY, [11]), and have been present in the region and crop species for many decades. Others are considered emerging viruses and include the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis-transmitted Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV, [12]), Bemisia tabaci-transmitted Tomato chlorosis crinivirus (ToCV, [13]) and the pollen-transmitted Parietaria mottle ilarvirus (PMoV, [14,15]). …”

Complete nucleotide sequence of a Spanish isolate of Parietaria mottle virus infecting tomato

“…Parietaria mottle virus (PMoV) was first detected infecting pellitory plants (Parietaria officinalis) from Italy [1] and later in tomato and pepper plants from different countries of the Mediterranean basin [2][3][4][5][6]. Biological comparative assays have led some researchers to consider the tomatoinfecting isolates as a different strain of PMoV, which has been denominated PMoV-T [4].…”