TWO TOBAMOVIRUSES TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR

FROM THE FEBRUARY 2023 ISSUE OF GROWERTALKS MAGAZINE

WRITTEN BY DR. ANN CHASE & DR. MARGERY DAUGHTREY

NARRATED BY BILL CALKINS

EXCERPT: Virus symptoms are notoriously hard to identify just by looking. They can be mimicked by genetic variegation, or by certain other diseases or disorders, even spray injury—especially from overspray or drift from herbicides. One virus disease can easily be mistaken for another.

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) are two very closely related viruses that you may encounter on many different greenhouse crops. Identifying ToMV or TMV may start by looking for mottling or mosaic in leaves, yellowing or browning of veins, leaf strapping, stunting or dieback of plants.

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