TY  - EJOU
AU  - T, Ocampo Ocampo 
AU  - Martínez, DL Ochoa 
AU  - Rojas, S Ramírez 
AU  - Ponce, G Valdovinos 
AU  - Díaz, C Nava 

TI  - First report of <i>Tobacco mosaic virus</i> (TMV) and <i>Poinsettia mosaic virus</i> (PnMV) in poinsettia (<i>Euphorbia pulcherrima</i> Willd. Ex Klotzch) in Mexico
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2013
VL  - 82
IS  - all
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - The Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), in Zacatepec Morelos, started a genetic improvement program of wild and semi-cultivated poinsettia plants ("nochebuena de sol"). It is important to generate a phytosanitary database that allows the release of new varieties and hybrids that provide tolerance to the major pathogens reported in cultivated poinsettia plants. The phytosanitary status of the “nochebuena de sol” plants is not available in Mexico, so the objective of this research was to generate preliminary data about viruses associated to these materials. Based on DAS-ELISA and RT-PCR results, we reported the presence of the Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and       <i>Poinsettia mosaic virus</i> (PnMV) in wild and semi-cultivated poinsettia plants for the first time in Mexico.
KW  - Wild poinsettia
KW  -  Semi-cultivated poinsettia
KW  -  Virus
KW  -  DAS-ELISA
KW  -  RT-PCR

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2013.82.235