Neretva valley – reservoir of economic cucurbit viruses

U gospodarski najvažnije viruse na tikvenjačama, prisutne u Hrvatskoj, ubrajaju se virus mozaika krastavca (cucumber mosaic virus, CMV), virus žutog mozaika tikvice (zucchini yellow mosaic virus, ZYMV) i virus mozaika lubenice (watermelon mosaic virus, WMV). U dolini Neretve sve se češće bilježe visoke, katkad i totalne, štete na tikvici na otvorenom uzrokovane virozama. U članku je opisano zdravstveno stanje tikvica u dolini Neretve u 2020. glede virusnih bolesti, razlozi sve jačih pojava viroza na toj kulturi te mjere zaštite od virusnih bolesti na tikvicama.The economically most important viruses on summer squash (zucchini) in Croatia are cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) and watermelon mosaic virus (WMV). Economic losses in field-grown zucchini are increasingly common in the Neretva Valley. This article describes the sanitary status of zucchini in the Neretva Valley in relation to virus diseases in 2020, the causes of occurrence of virus diseases in cucurbit cultivation and measures to control virus diseases in cucurbits