TY - JOUR
T1 - First report of fig mosaic virus infecting common fig (Ficus carica) in Japan
AU - Ishikawa, Kazuya
AU - Maejima, Kensaku
AU - Nagashima, Susumu
AU - Sawamura, Nobuo
AU - Takinami, Yusuke
AU - Komatsu, Ken
AU - Hashimoto, Masayoshi
AU - Yamaji, Yasuyuki
AU - Yamamoto, Jun
AU - Namba, Shigetou
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - For the first time, fig mosaic virus (FMV) was detected in common fig (Ficus carica) trees in Shimane, Japan. These trees exhibited mosaic, ringspots, or distortion, accompanied by chlorosis on leaves and yellow spots on fruits. Some of the symptomatic trees were infested with the eriophyid mite Aceria ficus. The virus was detected based on RT-PCR, followed by sequencing. The amplified 300 base-pair fragments shared 83.5-91.5% identity with the corresponding region of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene of FMV isolates previously reported in Turkey, Iran, and Italy.
AB - For the first time, fig mosaic virus (FMV) was detected in common fig (Ficus carica) trees in Shimane, Japan. These trees exhibited mosaic, ringspots, or distortion, accompanied by chlorosis on leaves and yellow spots on fruits. Some of the symptomatic trees were infested with the eriophyid mite Aceria ficus. The virus was detected based on RT-PCR, followed by sequencing. The amplified 300 base-pair fragments shared 83.5-91.5% identity with the corresponding region of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene of FMV isolates previously reported in Turkey, Iran, and Italy.
KW - Common fig
KW - Ficus carica L.
KW - Fig mosaic disease (FMD)
KW - Fig mosaic virus (FMV)
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U2 - 10.1007/s10327-012-0359-9
DO - 10.1007/s10327-012-0359-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857897163
SN - 1345-2630
VL - 78
SP - 136
EP - 139
JO - Journal of General Plant Pathology
JF - Journal of General Plant Pathology
IS - 2
ER -