Effects of sweet potato feathery mottle virus and sweet potato sunken vein virus on sweet potato yields and rates of reinfection of virus-free planting material in Israel

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-193

  Milgram, Melissa ^b   Cohen, J ^b   Loebenstein, G ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aphid; Bemisia tabaci (=argentifolii); Ipomoea batatas; SPFMV potyvirus; SPSVV closterovirus; Sweet potato; vector; whitefly

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; CLOSTEROVIRUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS; SWEET POTATO SUNKEN VEIN VIRUS;

EID: 0029763594     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02981417     Document Type: Article

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