There are several strains of PepMV, such as LP, EU, CH2, and US1. Some variants can produce serious symptoms, such as necrosis on the foliage and stems of the plant, and soft, marbled or cracked fruits that are unsalable. The degree of appearance of symptoms depends on the genetic characteristics of the virus strain and other factors such as climate, nutrition and the condition of the plant.
PepMV is harmless to humans and animals, but affects tomato plants. The contaminated fruits can be consumed without risk.
When the sap of an infected plant is transmitted to a healthy one, the second one can also become infected. Other routes of contagion are objects that have been in contact with infected crops, such as clothing or telephones. If a plant in a greenhouse catches PepMV, it will pass it on to the others.
Biotech Nature offers a very fast diagnostic service, between 48-72 hours, using real-time Q-PCR, which will allow you to carry out a control of your crop, through sweeps of phytopathogens with more than 40 determinations of fungi and bacteria, and 18 viruses.