On the occurrence of a tomato disease in Puerto Rico resembling big bud (Chlorogenous australiensis hol.)

Abstract

The Puerto Pican type of tomato Big Bud disease is similar to that reported from Australia. The main difference in symptomatology lies in the absence of a pronounced bladder-like hypertrophy of the calyx of virus invaded flowers. Other slight differences between the Puerto Rican and Australian type of Big Bud could be possibly due to: 1) the existence of two distinct strains of the virus. 2) the influence of local environment on symptom manifestation.