“…The presence of CMV in tobacco has been reported by several researchers as both natural hosts (Chatzivassiliou et al, 2004;Dai et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2013) and experimental host (Tian et al, 2009;Chikh Ali et al, 2012). It has a nationwide host range with the exception of tobacco, which includes: Myrtle leaf milkwort, globe artichoke, parsley, mint, broccoli, squash, olives, cabbage, peppers, lettuce, spinach, cowpea, gladiolus, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumber, ornamental plants (daffodils, hyacinths, lilies), bean and spinach (Gümüs et al, 2004;Beler and Acıkgöz, 2005;Sevik and Akcura, 2011;Culal Kılıc and Yardımcı, 2012;Erkan et al, 2013;Ergün et al, 2013;Culal Kılıc et al, 2015;Uzunoğulları and Gümüs, 2015;Sertkaya, 2015;Karanfil et al, 2016;Gökdag et al, 2016;Güngör et al, 2017;Karanfil and Korkmaz, 2017;Koc and Fidan, 2017;Sevik, 2012Sevik, , 2017. Since its transmission to tobacco is not seed-borne (De Bokx and Huttinga, 1981), its presence and prevalence can stem from other virus sources like weeds, the suitable climate environment for active aphid populations throughout tobacco production season and acquired from other cultivated plants grown from CMV-infected seeds (Kaplan et al, 1997;Tsitsipis et al, 2001).…”