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PRO/PL> High Plains wheat mosaic virus, wheat & maize – Europe: 1st rep (Ukraine)

Other Plant Disease -- UkraineIn 2018, more than 40 wheat (_Triticum aestivum_) samples showing symptoms of leaf streak were collected in the Ukraine and tested for the presence of _Wheat streak mosaic virus_ (_Tritimovirus_, WSMV). Despite the presence of symptoms and of the mite vector (_Aceria tosichella_), WSMV was not found, but transmission electron microscopy revealed the presence of an emaravirus.Further studies confirmed the occurrence [of] _High Plains wheat mosaic virus_ (_Emaravirus_, Read more [...]