Saturday, 23 January 2016

PRO/PL> Cucumber green mottle mosaic, unspecified hosts - Australia: (NT)

Other Plant Disease -- Australia
A plant virus which wiped out a large part of the Northern Territory's watermelon industry has been discovered at a government facility near Darwin. The Northern Territory Government has confirmed that _Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus_ (CGMMV) has been detected at 2 separate areas of its Berrimah Research Farm. CGMMV was 1st detected in the Northern Territory back in 2014 [see ProMED-mail post http://bit.ly/1OErTGV].
Ian Curnow, Department of Primary Industry, said

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