Infected cantaloupe (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Infected cantaloupe

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Left: a row of cantaloupe plants infected with a recently introduced virus species. Insets show insect vectors: aphid (top) and whitefly (bottom). Right: image of the Motte Rimrock UC Natural Reserve showing wild squash plants dominating the landscape in summer. Insets show virus symptoms (left) and an outbreak of aphids on a wild squash plant (right).

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Kerry Mauck/UCR

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