Peppers are vulnerable to viral diseases, some of
which can be acquired from or transmitted to ornamental plants growing in
the same environment. The most common virus we find in peppers is PMMoV.
Pathogen |
Symbol |
Spread by |
Test protocol |
| Beet Western Yellows Virus |
BWYV |
aphid |
ELISA |
| Broad Bean Wilt Virus |
BBWV |
aphid, mechanical |
ELISA |
| Peanut Stunt Virus |
PSV |
aphid, mechanical, seed |
ELISA |
| Pepino Mosaic Virus |
PepMV |
|
ELISA |
| Phytopthora |
Phyt |
contact, mechanical, soil, water |
ELISA |
| Potato Aucuba Mosaic Virus |
PAMV |
aphid, mechanical |
ELISA |
| Ribgrass Mosaic Virus |
RMV |
contact, mechanical |
ELISA |
| Tobacco Rattle Virus |
TRV |
mechanical, nematode, seed |
ELISA |
| Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus |
TBSV |
mechanical, seed |
ELISA |
| Tomato Mosaic Virus |
ToMV |
contact, mechanical, seed |
ELISA |
| Beet Curly Top Virus |
BCTV |
leafhoppers |
Hybridization |
| Whitefly-transmitted Geminivirues |
WTG |
whitefly |
Hybridization |
| Carlavirus group test |
Carla |
aphid, mechanical |
PCR |
| Nepovirus group test |
Nepo |
nematode, mechanical, seed | PCR |
| Potyvirus group test |
Poty |
aphid, mechanical, seed |
PCR |
| Tobacco Rattle Virus |
TRV |
nematode, mechanical, seed | PCR |
| Tobamovirus group test |
Tobamo |
contact, mechanical, seed |
PCR |