Cassava Common Mosaic Virus Infections of Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) in Yucatán, Mexico. M. S. Elliott, Biological Scientist III, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611. F. W. Zettler, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611. Plant Dis. 71:353-356. Accepted for publication 9 September 1986. Copyright 1987 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-71-0353.

Cassava common mosaic virus (CCMV) was detected in 23 of 33 samples of chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) collected at 14 of 17 locations in Yucatán, Mexico, in August 1985. The CCMV isolates were serologically indistinguishable from a strain of this virus described previously from chaya in Florida.

Keyword(s): DAS-ELISA, ELISA, Manihot esculenta, Nicotiana benthamiana, SDS immunodiffusion, serology.