Host Range Study of the Cotton Leaf Crumple Virus

The 1985 and 1986 Cotton Reports have the same publication and P-Series numbers.Cotton leaf crumple (CLC) is incited by a whitefly- transmitted plant virus that infects primarily species within the genus Gossvpium. An extensive host range study was undertaken to identify other hosts which could serve as virus reservoirs in cotton growing areas. More than 20 plant species within the Leguminosae and Malvaceae were identified as CLCV hosts, some of which may be important in the epidemiology of the disease both in cotton and in newly recognized host crop species