Potyvirus incidence in solanaceus producer areas in west zones of Cuba

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Acela Díaz-de la Osa
Madelaine Quiñones-Pantoja
Sergio Ricardo-Desdín
Annia Hernández-Rodríguez

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Potyvirus genus is one of the most studied among the plant virus group. It is worldwide distributed and affects different hosts and solanaceus crops. The aims of this work was to determinate the potyvirus incidence in agroeconomical important solanaceus crop in the west zones of Cuba. 1120 young leaves of Solanum lycopersicum, Capsicum annuum and Nicotiana tabacum were collected and analyzed by indirect ELISA, using monoclonal antibodies. Among 34 and 75 % of the plant material was positive. Highest incidence value was detected on San Juan y Martínez and San Antonio de los Baños districts while the lowest values was registered in Güira de Melena

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Díaz-de la Osa, A., Quiñones-Pantoja, M., Ricardo-Desdín, S., & Hernández-Rodríguez, A. (2019). Potyvirus incidence in solanaceus producer areas in west zones of Cuba. Cultivos Tropicales, 40(1), a05-e05. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1494
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