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New insect-borne virus diseases affecting chickpeas in the Arab region and potential approaches to manage them
Viruses causing yellowing/stunting are the most important viral diseases affecting chickpea in many regions of the world including Arab countries. These diseases were thought for many years to be mainly caused by the ...
First Report of Alfalfa Leaf Curl Virus Affecting Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia
The genus Capulavirus (family Geminiviridae) includes plant-infecting single-stranded DNA viruses with circular genomes that have been characterized in Africa, Europe, and Asia (Bernardo et al. 2016; Susi et al. 2017). ...
Chickpea chlorotic stunt and Beet western yellows viruses (genus Polerovirus, family Luteoviridae) on cool season food legumes in Tunisia: importance, characterization and management
Legumes are considered as strategic crops in Tunisia because of their economic and social relevance and directly contribute in the national alimentary equilibrium. However, legumes production levels remain quite low which ...