Control of virus diseases in intensively cultivated vanilla plots of French Polynesia
- Crop Protection, 28(10), p.870-877, 2009 .
The results of long term virus surveys in intensively cultivated vanilla plots in the Society Islands (French Polynesia), between 1999 and 2007 are reported here. The data confirmed a potential for high incidence of aphid borne viruses in particular Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)and Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV)as well as the non vectored Cymbidium mosaic virus (CymMV). CMV had a particularly high prevalence (over 30