Curly top

This article is about the plant disease. For the Shirley Temple movie, see Curly Top (film).
Curly top of common bean caused by beet curly top virus

Curly top is the name of a number of viral plant diseases, many of which affect food crops. They are often caused by curtoviruses (genus Curtovirus), members of the virus family Geminiviridae.

Curly top is characterized by stunting of the plant and deformation of leaves and fruit. The petioles and blades of the leaves curl, twist, and become discolored.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Goldberg, N. P. Curly Top Virus. Guide H-106. College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. New Mexico State University.
  2. Curly Top Disease of Tomato. Entomology and Plant Pathology. Oklahoma State University.
  3. Diseases of spinach (Spinacia oleracea) in Arizona. Arizona Extension Plant Pathology.
  4. 1 2 Baliji, S., et al. (2004). Spinach curly top virus: A newly described curtovirus species from southwest Texas with incongruent gene phylogenies. Phytopathology 94(7) 772-79.
  5. Briddon, R. W., et al. (2010). Turnip curly top virus, a highly divergent geminivirus infecting turnip in Iran. Virus Research 152(1–2) 169–75.


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