Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) is widespread in cucurbit crops, most commonly
occuring in temperate and Mediterranean regions. In Serbia WMV has been
detected in single and mixed infections with Zucchini yellow mosaic virus and
Cucumber mosaic virus in field-grown pumpkin and squash crops. Among
pumpkin-affecting viruses WMV is the most frequent one, both by the number of
localities and its incidence at each location. During the growing season of
2009, samples from 583 plants of Cucurbita pepo cvs. Olinka, Belgrade
zucchini and Tosca (Zucchini group), as well as from C. maxima and C.
moschata showing symptoms of virus infection were collected from 12
commercial fields at eight localities and analyzed by DAS-ELI
Characterization of different isolates of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus from cucurbits in Saudi Arabia
