01051naa a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000140006024501110007426000090018552004690019465000120066365000230067565000110069865300100070965300110071965300120073070000190074270000180076177300540077910781331996-10-08 1995 bl --- 0-- u #d1 aFRANZ, A. aFaba bean necrotic yellows virus naturally infects Phaseolus bean and cowpea in the coastal area of Syria. c1995 aIn an attempt to identify possible summer hosts of the faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV), a field survey was conducted in the coastalarea of Syria. Using a monoclonal antibody to FBNYV in indirect ELISA,FBNYV was detected in a large number of samples from Phaseolus vuglaris L. and in a few samples from Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. in which it caused severe symptoms. This is the first report of natural infectionof P. vulgaris and V. unguiculata with FBNYV. aDoença aPhaseolus Vulgaris aVírus aCaupi aCowpea aDisease1 aMAKKOUK, K. M.1 aVETTEN, H. J. tJournal of Phytopatologygv.143, p.319-320, 1995.