First identification of cucumber mosaic virus infecting six fruit crops in China

• DOI: 10.1007/s42161-018-0185-9
• Publication Date: 2018-11-13T15:33:30Z
• Authors: Cheng-Ming Yu; Guo-Wei Geng; Xin-Ran Cao; Chen Yang; Zhe Qi; Shan-Shan Liu; Chang-Xiang Zhu; Xue-Feng Yuan
• Keywords: Identification; Mosaic

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has an extensive host range, however there are few reports of CMV infecting fruit crops in China. In this study, CMV was detected using RT-PCR and Western blot from six kinds of fruit crops including pear in Heilongjiang province, apricot, grape, peach, Castanea mollissima and Malus spectabilis in Shandong province in China. This is the first report of CMV naturally infecting these six fruit crops in China. In addition, this is also the first report of CMV in Heilongjiang province which is the northest province of China.