Tomato Virus Diseases
Greenhouse tomatoes are suffering from virus diseases this year.
*The four most common virus diseases affecting tomatoes are:
* Tomato Mosaic Virus (TMV)
* Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV)
* Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV)
* Pepino Mosaic (PM)
*Symptoms on leaves:
* light green or yellowish mosaic patches – caused by TMV or CMV
* poorly formed leaf blades, with prominent midribs, resembling
ferns – CMV
* leaves have long, brown streaks which shrivel – TMV
* young leaves curl downwards, turn bronze, & plant stops growing – TSWV
* leaves have a bubbly, mosaic surface, and plant growth is stunted
