Cucumber Mosaic Virus on Eggplant in Israel. Edna Tanne, Virus Laboratory, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel. Sara Zimmerman-Gries, Virus Laboratory, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel. Plant Dis. 64:371-372. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-371.

Cucumber mosaic virus was identified from eggplant cultivars in Israel, mainly in the Jordan Valley. Identification was based on mechanical inoculations of host plants, transmission by Myzus persicae and Aphis gossypii to eggplant, tomato, and pepper, and electron microscopic detection of spherical particles in purified preparations. M. persicae was more efficient than A. gossypii as a vector of two isolates of the virus.