Perilla Mosaic Virus Is a Highly Divergent Emaravirus Transmitted by sp. (Acari: Eriophyidae).

Shiso ( var. ) is widely grown as an important vegetable or herb crop in Japan. Beginning around the year 2000, occurrences of severe mosaic symptoms on shiso were documented and gradually spread across Kochi Prefecture, one of four major shiso production areas in Japan.

Surveys of Viruliferous Alate Aphid of Plum pox virus in Prunus mume Orchards in Japan.

Plum pox virus (PPV) is transmitted by infected buds and aphids. It is important to analyze the outbreak trends and viruliferous rate of aphids in areas where the occurrence of PPV is reported, so as to develop strategies for disease control. Between April 2011 and December 2012, yellow insect-trapping adhesive plates were placed for 2 days at a time each week in an area where PPV is occurring in Japan.

First Report of Mosaic Disease Caused by Colombian datura virus on Solanum lycopersicum Plants Commercially Cultivated in Japan.

In 2009, some commercially grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, exhibited mosaic symptoms. Ten plants from a total of about 72,000 cultivated plants in the greenhouses showed such symptoms. To identify the causal agent, sap from leaves of the diseased plants was inoculated into Chenopodium quinoa and Nicotiana benthamiana plants.