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ELIMINATION OF CUCUMBER GREEN MOTTLE MOSAIC TOBAMOVIRUS BY COMPOSTING INFECTED CUCUMBER RESIDUES
Article number
302_28
Pages
311 – 314
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Abstract
Cucumber plants infected by cucumber green mottle mosaic tobamovirus (CGMMV) were composted.
In the compost pile the highest temperature (72° C) was recorded on the third day of composting period.
CGMMV was biologically detected in samples until the third day of composting.
Cucumber seedlings grown in pots containing a mixture of 25% cucumber composted material + 75% light peat did not become infected.
Storage of dried samples from CGMMV-infected cucumber plants in an incubator at 72° C resulted in inactivation of the virus after two days.
Elimination of CGMMV in cucumber plant residues during composting seems to result mainly from heat inactivation.
In the compost pile the highest temperature (72° C) was recorded on the third day of composting period.
CGMMV was biologically detected in samples until the third day of composting.
Cucumber seedlings grown in pots containing a mixture of 25% cucumber composted material + 75% light peat did not become infected.
Storage of dried samples from CGMMV-infected cucumber plants in an incubator at 72° C resulted in inactivation of the virus after two days.
Elimination of CGMMV in cucumber plant residues during composting seems to result mainly from heat inactivation.
Authors
A.D. Avgelis, V.I. Manios
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