First report of Tomato spotted wilt virus in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in Australia

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doi:10.1071/AP04065

First report of Tomato spotted wilt virus in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in Australia

John E. Thomas ^A ^C, Mark W. Schwinghamer ^B, Judith N. Parry ^A, Murray Sharman ^A, Mark A. Schilg ^B, Elizabeth K. Dann ^A

^A Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Horticulture and Forest Sciences, Horticulture, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia.
^B New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Tamworth Agricultural Institute, RMB 944, Tamworth, NSW 2340, Australia.
^C Corresponding author. Email: John.Thomas@dpi.qld.gov.au





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Australasian Plant Pathology 33(4) 597–599 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AP04065
Submitted: 10 May 2004 Accepted: 29 June 2004 Published online: 9 December 2004

Abstract

Tomato spotted wilt virus (genus Tospovirus) is recorded on chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in Australia for the first time. It caused shoot tip symptoms of wilting, necrosis, bunching and chlorosis, followed by premature death of plants.