PULLMAN, Wash., Oct. 13 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:
An international team of scientists recently collaborated to identify a mysterious viral disease damaging pepper and tomato crops in Chile.
Publishing their results in Plant Disease, virologists at Washington State University and the Pontifical Catholic University (PCU) of Chile confirmed the presence of pepper necrotic spot virus, an insect-spread pathogen discovered in Peru but previously unknown in its southern neighbor.
Hanu Pappu, Chuey Endowed Chair and Samuel H. Smith Distinguished Professor in Plant Virology
"Viruses never respect borders," said Hanu Pappu, the Chuey Endowed Chair and Samuel H. Smith Distinguished Professor in Plant Virolo...