Sweetpotato mild mottle virus

Distinct yellowing of Ipomoea setosa leaf veins due to SPMMV(J. Moyer, APS).

Diagnostic summary

• What you see on plants

- Predominant symptoms associated with  SPMMV are mild leaf mottling and stunting. It induces distinct veinal chlorosis in Ipomoea setosa.

• SPMMV does not always show visible symptoms in the field as the virus can be latent.

• Transmitted  by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.

• Often found in sweetpotato plants infected with SPFMV and SPCSV.

• Has only been reported from Africa.

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