CLAUDIA FERNANDA NOME1 , SERGIO FERNANDO NOME2 , FABIANA GUZMÁN1 , LUIS CONCI1, IRMA GRACIELA LAGUNA1,2
BIOCELL, Vol.31, No.1, pp. 23-31, 2007, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2007.31.023
Abstract Among diseases reported worldwidely for sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) crop, one
of the most frequent is the Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD), caused by sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus
(SPCSV) and sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) co-infection. In Argentina, there exists the sweet
potato chlorotic dwarf (SPCD), a sweet potato disease caused by triple co-infection with SPCSV, SPFMV and
sweet potato mild speckling virus(SPMSV). Both diseases cause a synergism between the potyviruses(SPFMV
and SPMSV) and the crinivirus (SPCSV). Up to date, studies carried out on the interaction among these
three viruses have not described their localization in… More >
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