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Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of sharon)

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Family: Malvaceae        Ornamental

Eggplant mottled dwarf nucleorhabdovirus        (EMDV)

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Genus: Nucleorhabdovirus        Family: Rhabdoviridae

EMDV infection in plants of Hibiscus syriacus was reported from Australia (Tang et al. 2015). The virus-infected rose of Sharon plants exhibit symptoms of chlorotic spots on leaves. The virus is transmitted by leafhopper vectors in a persistent-propagative manner. The virus is transmissible by mechanical sap-inoculation. The virus spreads primarily through the use of infected planting material. For more details of EMDV, refer to Solanum melongena.

Euphorbia yellow leaf curl virus        (EuYLCV)

Taxonomic position

Genus: Begomovirus        Family: Geminiviridae

EuYLCV infection in plants of Hibiscus syriacus was reported from Pakistan (Riaz et al. 2015). The virus-infected Rose of Sharon plants show leaf curling and yellowing symptoms. The virus is transmitted by the whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaciin a circulative non-propagative manner. For more details of...

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  • Riaz H, Ashfaq M, Mukhtar T, Riaz T (2015) First report of Euphorbia yellow leaf curl virus infecting Hibiscus syriacus. J Plant Pathol 97:S67

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  • Tang J, Elliott C, Ward LI, Iqram WA (2015) Identification of Eggplant mottled dwarf virus in PEQ Hibiscus syriacus plants imported from Australia. Australas Plant Dis Notes 10:6

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  1. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, IIHR, Bengaluru, India

    K. Subramanya Sastry

  2. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, IIOR and IIMR, Hyderabad, India

    K. Subramanya Sastry

  3. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

    Bikash Mandal

  4. USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA

    John Hammond

  5. Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA

    S. W. Scott

  6. John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

    R. W. Briddon

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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of sharon). In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_457

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