Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) and Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV)

Question 1

two ‘mosaic’ viruses
namely CMV and ToMV for the loss of …………..CROPS

Answer 1

TOMATO

Question 2

Family: It belongs to the ………..

Answer 2

Virgaviridae family and is closely related to the tobacco

Question 3

ToMV was first reported in the United States in …….

Answer 3

1909

Question 4

Hosts:

Answer 4

Tomato, tobacco, peppers, and certain ornamental plants.

Question 5

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)
● Family: It belongs to the ……… and was identified in cucumbers
in …………..

Answer 5

Bromoviridae family and was identified in cucumbers
in 1934