@article{Myers:256906,
      recid = {256906},
      author = {Myers, Lisa and Martin, Raymond and McDonald, Sharon},
      title = {The Effect of Tobacco Etch Virus on the Growth and Yield  of Two Capsicum chinense Pepper Varieties},
      address = {1998-07-12},
      number = {1884-2017-733},
      pages = {5},
      year = {1998},
      abstract = {The effect oftobacco etch virus (TEV) on the growth and  yield oftwo hot pepper (Capsicum chinense) varieties,  Scotch Bonnet and West Indian Red pepper was investigated  in a field trial under natural virus/vector pressure. Four  treatments comprising covered and uncovered treatments were  investigated. The effect of TEV on plant height and foliage  cover was not significant in covered and uncovered Scotch  Bonnet and West Indian Red treatments. This was due to the  delay in virus introduction within treatments. When virus  was first detected maximum vegetative growth was already  attained. Despite the delay in virus onset there was a  52.5% yield reduction in uncovered Scotch Bonnet  treatments. Virus infected uncovered West Indian Red  treatments on the other hand showed only a 14% yield  reduction in the presence of virus. Due to the relatively  high temperature and humidity under covered treatments,  little or no yield data were obtained for analysis. A  negative correlation was found between total marketable  yield, after eight weekly harvests and virus disease  incidence at 91, 98 and 106 DAT for uncovered Scotch Bonnet  pepper treatments. This correlation was even greater  between the latter four weekly harvests and virus disease  incidence at the same dates. No correlation existed between  these variables in uncovered Westlndian Red pepper  treatments. It was concluded that host genotype, the time  of infection and virus incidence were factors which  influenced the effect the virus had on growth and yield.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256906},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256906},
}