Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV)

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Turnip Mosaic Virus symptoms on cabbage leaves
(c) Warwick HRI, University of Warwick

The first symptoms to develop when Brassica seedlings are inoculated with TuMV are chlorotic spots on inoculated leaves, mottling followed by systemic vein clearing, mosaic and/or necrosis, leaf distortion and often stunting. What to do:

  • Remove TuMV-infected plant debris and eradicate infected plants around fields as this can help to reduce virus inoculum and hence spread.

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