@article{SANTOSA_ERTUNC_2021, title={Characterization of two Cucumber mosaic virus isolates infecting Allium cepa in Turkey}, volume={60}, url={https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/11840}, DOI={10.36253/phyto-11840}, abstractNote={<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Cucumber mosaic virus</span> (CMV) is polyphagous, infecting plants in several families. CMV has occurred as a minor pathogen in <span class="s1">Allium</span> crops in several Mediterranean countries, but little was known of the virus naturally infecting <span class="s1">Allium</span> spp. This study completed molecular and biological characterization of CMV-14.3Po and CMV-15.5Po, two newly identified CMV isolates infecting onion (<span class="s1">Allium cepa</span> L.) in Turkey. Phylogenetic, and nucleotide and amino acid sequence identity analyses of partial RNA2 and RNA3 of the two isolates showed that they were very similar to other CMV isolates from Mediterranean, European, and East Asian countries. Phylogenetic analysis of the partial sequence of RNA3 also showed that the onion isolates belong to subgroup IA. Onion isolates were mechanically transmissible, and caused mild leaf malformation on onion, severe leaf malformation and stunting on garlic (<span class="s1">Allium sativus</span> L.), and mosaic and mottle on cucumber (<span class="s1">Cucumis sativus</span> L.) and melon (<span class="s1">Cucumis melo</span> L.).</p>}, number={1}, journal={Phytopathologia Mediterranea}, author={SANTOSA, Adyatma I. and ERTUNC, Filiz}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={13–21} }