Beetle transmission of cowpea mottle and southern bean mosaic viruses in West Africa

Authors

  • D.J. Allen International Instituted of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria
  • F.O. Anno-Nyako International Instituted of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria
  • R.S. Ochieng International Instituted of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Markandu Ratinam International Instituted of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

New beetle vectors of southern bean mosaic virus and cowpea mottle virus were identified. Laboratory-reared adult Ootheca mutabilis Sahlb. (Chrysomelidae) efficiently transmitted both SBMV and CMeV to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.). O. mutabilis retained and transmitted SBMV and CMeV for 13 and 5 days respectively, following 24 h acquisition feeds. A second chrysomelid, Medythia quaterna Fairmaire, also transmitted CMeV to cowpea, but with less efficiency than O. mutabilis; this species also transmitted CMeV from cowpea to bambarra groundnut, Voandzeia subterranea (L.) Thou. Serological indexing was used to monitor vector transmission; none of the unexposed control seedlings was infected.

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Allen, D., Anno-Nyako, F., Ochieng, R., & Ratinam, M. (1981). Beetle transmission of cowpea mottle and southern bean mosaic viruses in West Africa. Tropical Agriculture, 58(2). Retrieved from https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2839

Issue

Volume 58 Number 2

Section

Research Papers