Cowpea Severe Mosaic Virus in Five Legumes in Central Brazil. M. T. Lin, Associate Professor, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910 Brasilia, DF, Brazil. J. R. N. Anjos, Former Graduate Student, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910 Brasilia, DF, Brazil; and G. P. Rios, Plant Pathologist, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Arroz e Feijão, C. P. 179, 74000 Goiânia, Goias, Brazil. Plant Dis. 66:67-70. Accepted for publication 5 October 1981. Copyright 1982 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-66-67.

Calopogonium mucunoides, Centrosema pubescens, and Vigna radiata var. radiata were infected with serotype I of cowpea severe mosaic virus; Crotalaria juncea showing chlorotic mottling and leaf distortion was infected with serotype II of the virus. C. juncea with chlorotic leaf spots and Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis were doubly infected with serotypes I and II.

Keyword(s): epidemiology.