Peer Review #1 of "Effects of cowpea mild mottle virus on soybean cultivars in Brazil (v0.1)" [peer_review]

2020 unpublished
Soybean stem necrosis is caused by Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV), transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. CPMMV has already been recorded in all major soybeanproducing areas of Brazil. The impacts caused by CPMMV to the current Brazilian soybean production are unknown, thus the main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of CPMMV infection on the main important soybean cultivars grown in the Southern and Midwestern regions of Brazil. Although asymptomatic in some of the
more » ... d cultivars, CPMMV infection significantly reduced the plant height, the number of pods per plant and the 1,000-grain weight. In addition, estimated yield losses ranged from 174 to 638 kg ha -1 , depending on the cultivar. Evidence of seed transmission of CPMMV was observed in the BMX POTENCIA RR cultivar. These results suggest that CPMMV could have an important role in the reduction of soybean productivity in Brazil, but symptomless infections might be hiding the actual impact of this pathogen in commercial fields and infected seeds could be the primary inoculum source of the virus in the field. Abstract 26 Soybean stem necrosis is caused by Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV), transmitted by 27 the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. CPMMV has already been recorded in all major soybean-28 producing areas of Brazil. The impacts caused by CPMMV to the current Brazilian 29 soybean production are unknown, so the main objective of this study was to evaluate the 30 effects of CPMMV infection on the main important soybean cultivars grown in the PeerJ reviewing PDF | (2020:03:46655:1:1:NEW 8 Jul 2020) Manuscript to be reviewed 31 Southern and Midwestern regions of Brazil. Although asymptomatic in some of the tested 32 cultivars, CPMMV infection significantly reduced the plant height, the number of pods per 33 plant and the 1,000-grain weight. In addition, estimated yield losses ranged from 174 to 34 638 kg ha -1 , depending on the cultivar. Evidence of seed transmission of CPMMV was 35 observed in the BMX POTENCIA RR cultivar. These results suggest that CPMMV could 36 have an important role in the reduction of soybean productivity in Brazil, but symptomless 37 infections might be hiding the actual impact of this pathogen in commercial fields and 38 infected seeds could be the primary inoculum source of the virus in the field.
doi:10.7287/peerj.9828v0.1/reviews/1 fatcat:erjvtspcqfgbbjbs5f6ycpq7hq