Sweetpotato leaf curl virus

Typical upward curling of young leaves caused by SPLCV (C. Clark).

Diagnostic summary

• What you see on plants

- Upward curling of leaves on young plants.  Crinkling or interveinal mottling may be present.

- Foliar symptoms may be transitory.

- Storage roots may develop longitudinal grooves.

• Transmitted  by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.

• Reported present in Taiwan, Japan and USA.

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