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Symptoms of Cowpea severe mosaic virus. Note the intense mosaic on leaves.

Jefferson Fernandes do Nascimento (1) and Fabrício Ávila Rodrigues (2)
(1) Roraima Federal University, Department of Crop Science, Brazil and (2) Viçosa Federal University, Department of Plant Pathology, Laboratory of Host-Parasite Interaction, Brazil.
Email: jefferson@ufrr.br

Host: Cowpea. Vigna unguiculata L. Walp
Disease name: Cowpea severe mosaic
Pathogen name: Cowpea severe mosaic virus (CpSMV)

Symptoms of cowpea severe mosaic virus (Cowpea severe mosaic virus, CpSMV), from the genus Comovirus. This disease is transmitted by beetle (Cerotoma arcuata Oliv. 1791). The virus is found in the Roraima state and in most northern regions of Brazil.

APS publication number: IW000064

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