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Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle and Bean Yellow Stipple Viruses. J. P. Fulton, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701; Rodrigo Gámez(2), and H. A. Scott(3). (2)Professor, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose; (3)Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701. Phytopathology 65:741-742. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-65-741.

Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) and bean yellow stipple virus (BYSV) are related. A third serologically distinct strain from beans was also recorded. The CCMV group of viruses is apparently widespread in southern United States and in Central America in several legumes.