Family: Apocynaceae Ornamental
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)
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Genus: Cucumovirus Family: Bromoviridae
CMV infection in plants of Adenium obesum was reported from Florida, USA and Taiwan (Baker et al. 2003; Chang et al. 2012; Chen et al. 2012). The virus-infected desert rose plants exhibit symptoms of mosaic, chlorotic ring-spot, and line patterns on leaves. The virus is transmitted by a number of aphid species in a non-persistent manner, and also by mechanical sap-inoculation to a large number of hosts. For more details of CMV, refer to Cucumis sativus.
Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV)
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Genus: Orthotospovirus Family: Tospoviridae
TSWV infection in plants of Adenium obesum was reported from the Netherlands, Bulgaria, and Florida (USA) (Adkins and Baker 2005; Dikova 2011). The virus-infected desert rose plants exhibited foliar symptoms, including chlorotic ring and line pattern symptoms. The virus is transmitted by thrips vectors in a...
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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Adenium obesum (Desert rose). In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_13
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