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Research Project: Mitigating High Consequence Domestic, Exotic, and Emerging Diseases of Fruits, Vegetables, and Ornamentals

Location: Subtropical Plant Pathology Research

Title: First report of Tuberose mild mottle virus infecting tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) in the USA

Author
item DEY, K.K - Florida Department Of Agriculture
item MELZER, M.J. - University Of Hawaii
item LI, C - Florida Department Of Agriculture
item XIAOAN, S - Florida Department Of Agriculture
item Adkins, Scott

Submitted to: Plant Disease
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/21/2017
Publication Date: 2/1/2018
Citation: Dey, K., Melzer, M., Li, C., Xiaoan, S., Adkins, S.T. 2018. First report of Tuberose mild mottle virus infecting tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) in the USA. Plant Disease. 102(2):461. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-17-1024-PDN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-17-1024-PDN

Interpretive Summary: Polianthes tuberosa, commonly known as tuberose, is a bulbous ornamental plant native to Mexico that is grown as an ornamental crop. In September 2016, tuberose plants with mosaic symptoms were observed in a Miami-Dade County, Florida nursery. Diagnostic testing demonstrated infection with a potyvirus. Further testing identified the potyvirus as Tuberose mild mottle virus. In this report, we document the detection of this virus in Florida to share this important information with growers, Extension personnel, crop consultants, and regulatory and research scientists in Florida and the Caribbean.

Technical Abstract: uberose mild mottle virus is a potyvirus originally described from Polianthes tuberosa in Asia. This plant, commonly known as tuberose, was observed with mosaic symptoms in an ornamental nursery in Miami-Dade County Florida in September 2016. Testing of these symptomatic plants by multiple diagnostic methods demonstrated the presence of Tuberose mild mottle virus in Florida.