Family: Pteridaceae Ornamental
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)
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Genus: Cucumovirus Family: Bromoviridae
CMV infection in plants of Adiantum pedatum was reported from the USA (Nameth and Steininger 1997). The virus-infected fern plant leaves were slightly malformed such that the pinnules were arranged irregularly at the pinna. The sequence of the pinnae on the rachis and the general appearance of the rachis were distorted. The virus is transmitted by a number of aphid species in a non-persistent manner, and also by mechanical sap-inoculation to a large number of hosts. For more details of CMV, refer to Cucumis sativus.
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Nameth ST, Steininger J (1997) Cucumber mosaic virus associated with leaf malformation and stunting in Adiantum pedatum. Plant Dis 81:1333
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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Adiantum pedatum (Fern). In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_14
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