A tobamovirus causing severe systemic necrosis of hydroponically grown pepper plants was identified by host plant reactions and immunodiffusion tests as tomato mosaic virus (ToMV)(EPCOT isolate). Twenty-eight pepper cultivars were screened fo resistance to this isolate.(...) Seven sanitizing solutions were tested for their ability to reduce ToMV transmission between plants via pruning shears (...)
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Kristin G. Pategas (1989) studied this question.