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A Destructive Blight of Spinacea oleracea Incited by a Strain of the Broad Bean Wilt Virus. W. T. Schroeder, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva 14456; R. Provvidenti, Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva 14456. Phytopathology 60:1405-1406. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-60-1405.

A destructive blight of spinach in western New York symptomatic of cucumber mosaic virus was ascertained to be incited by a strain of the broad bean wilt virus. Host range included 43 species in 14 families, none of which was in the Cucurbitaceae. A resistant selection made within Plant Introduction 103063 is also resistant to cucumber mosaic virus.