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New weed hosts for ToBRFV in wild mediterranean vegetation

​Weeds collected from tomato fields. (a) Chenopodium murale; (b) Malva parviflora; (c) Senecio jacobaea; (d) Solanum elaeagnifolium; (e) Corchorus olitorius; (f) Solanum nigrum; (g) Melilotus italicus; and (h) Amaranthus retroflexus. Weeds showing virus‐like symptoms including: (b) Malva parviflora with yellowing of the basal leaves; (c) Senecio jacobaea with stunting; and (f) Solanum nigrum with mosaic and mottling in the upper leaves. Weeds were almost asymptomatic as in (a) Chenopodium murale; (d) Solanum elaeagnifolium; (e) Corchorus olitorius; (g) Melilotus italicus and (h) Amaranthus retroflexus