First Report of Cactus virus X in Hylocereus undatus (Dragon Fruit) in Florida

First report of cactus virus X in Spain

“…The results obtained in this investigation support that the virus is present in the cladodes of dragon fruit plants expressing the symptoms. CVX has been reported previously causing similar symptoms in H. undatus in Taiwan (Liou et al 2001) and more recently in Korea (Kim et al 2016), in China (Peng et al 2016), in USA (Gazis et al 2018), and in India (Parameswari et al 2022). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the virus in Spain.…”