First report of Iris yellow spot virus in Costa Rica

Montero Astúa, Mauricio; Dejuk Protti, Natasha; Vásquez Céspedes, Elena; Garita Salazar, Laura Cristina; Moreira Carmona, Lisela

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2017

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Montero Astúa, Mauricio

Dejuk Protti, Natasha

Vásquez Céspedes, Elena

Garita Salazar, Laura Cristina

Moreira Carmona, Lisela

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Resumen

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), an emerging disease of onion crops, was identified by transmission electron microscopy, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in Costa Rica. Onion plants had straw-colored, elongated lesions and tip dieback. Costa Rican IYSV nucleocapsid partial sequences (15 isolates) grouped with isolates from North and Central America and from New Zealand.