Other Plant Disease -- Italy
In October 2015, unusual symptoms were observed on _Cucurbita pepo_ [see comment below] grown in open fields of the Province of Trapani (Sicily). Symptoms were characterized by yellow mosaic, severe leaf curling, swelling of veins on young leaves, shortening of internodes, roughness of the fruit skin, and reduced fruit size.
Molecular analysis (PCR, sequencing) confirmed the presence of _Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus_ (_Begomovirus_, ToLCNDV - EPPO Alert List) in symptomatic samples.
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