CUCUMBER MOSAIC


Meaning of CUCUMBER MOSAIC in English

Function: noun

Date: 1916

: a plant disease especially of cucumbers that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus (species Cucumber mosaic virus of the genus Cucumovirus, family Bromoviridae) and is transmitted chiefly by an aphid and produces mottled foliage and often pale warty fruits

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