Emmanuel E. Ekpiken

Comparison of the Transmission Efficiency of Two Cucumber Mosaic Virus Isolates by A. spiraecola and M. persicae in Calabar, Nigeria

Emmanuel E. Ekpiken · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2026

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is transmitted non-persistently by numerous aphid species, but transmission efficiency is strongly influenced by vector abundance and the timing of virus acquisition and inoculation. This study compared two CMV isolate–source-host systems, designated O...