First Report of Fig Mosaic Virus on Fig in Russia
Journal: Plant Disease
Year: 2021

Fig mosaic virus (FMV) (genus Emaravirus in the family Fimoviridae) is considered the etiological agent of fig mosaic disease (FMD) that is recorded in most of the fig growing areas with an average global infection rate of 33%. The multipartite FMV genome is comprised of six negative monocistronic ssRNAs, each of which is separately encapsidated (Preising et al. 2020). Although FMD-like symptoms, which include mosaic, chlorotic ringspots, and oak leaf patterns, were observed in approximately a t