PRO/PL> Peanut stunt virus, bean – Bulgaria: 1st rep

Other Plant Disease — Bulgaria
Common bean (_Phaseolus vulgaris_) in Bulgaria [was] grown on 708 ha [about 1750 acres] in 2016. During the summer of 2013, leaf samples (n=76) with virus-like symptoms were collected from bean plants in fields and private gardens. Disease incidence varied from 10 to 50 per cent. Symptoms consisted of green or yellow mosaic, blisters, and leaf distortion. In some locations the disease was associated with severe stunting.
DAS/TAS-ELISA tests revealed the presence of _Bean common mosaic