Using of Some Antioxidants for Cotrolling of Mosaic Causing Viruses on Vegetables In Minia Governorate, Egypt.

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Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agricuture, Minia

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In previous works, it has been reported that three viruses affecting some economic vegetable crops and causing severe losses in yield.These viruses, were cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), hibiscus chlortic ringspot virus (HCRSV) and potato virus Y (PVY) .The effect of aquaeous extracts of some medicinal plants on diseases caused by these viral was reported in previous paper (Saleh et al., 2019). This paper delt with the effect of some antioxidants in cotrolling these virus diseases.  The antioxdants are ascorbic, benzoic, citric,   and salycylic acids at different concentration (50, 100, and 200 ppm). Application , of some  antioxidants  either as soaking  host seeds or spraying before  inoculation  have marked inhibitory effect and   reduced disease infection and alleviated symmptoms particularly  at older ages.

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