Effects of cowpea mild mottle virus on soybean cultivars in Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Soybean stem necrosis is caused by cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV), transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. CPMMV has already been recorded in all major soybean-producing areas of Brazil. The impacts caused by CPMMV to the current Brazilian soybean production are unknown, thus the main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of CPMMV infection on the main important soybean cultivars grown in the Southern and Midwestern regions of Brazil. Although asymptomatic in some of the tested cultivars, CPMMV infection significantly reduced the plant height, the number of pods per plant and the 1,000-grain weight. In addition, estimated yield losses ranged from 174 to 638 kg ha^-1, depending on the cultivar. Evidence of seed transmission of CPMMV was observed in the B

SUBMITTER: Barreto da Silva F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7469931 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature