Other Plant Disease -- Germany
A cucumber grower from Bavaria has reported an infection in his greenhouse with the _Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus_ (CABYV), the Julius Kühn Institute [JKI] has announced.
The virus, previously known mainly from the Mediterranean countries, was already detected in France in 1992 and more recently also in the Czech Republic and Ukraine. [It] could harm up to fifty percent of the crop in cucumbers.
Spread does not take place directly, but through aphids such as the melon aphid
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6846213&promed&0
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