CHARACTERIZATION OF PEANUT MOTTLE VIRUS IN COTE-DIVOIRE

A virus, hitherto unreported in Cote d'Ivoire, was detected in groundn ut plant (Arachis hypogaea) from the northern parts of the country. In fected plants showed mottling, interveinal depression, and very promin ent light and dark green patches on leaves. The causal agent was chara cterized as a strain of peanut mottle virus, a member of the polyvirus group, on the basis of its host range, mode of transmission, physical properties, particle morphology and on the basis of its serological p roperties studied in comparison with these of other groundnut viruses.