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Most of the cucurbits grown in Samsun showed symptoms of virus infection. The symptoms were characterized by severe or mild green mosaic, green vein-banding, deformation or reduction in leaf and fruit shape and size. The yield was also affected by the viruses. Surveys were conducted during 2009 to 2010 identify the SqMV infecting pumpkin and squash in Samsun, Turkey. Cucurbita species, namely C. pepo L., C. moschata Duch, and C. maxima Duch, samples were collected from 22 fields and tested by double antibody sandwich-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA). Squash mosaic virus (SqMV) was detected with 20.9% incidence in Cucurbita species after analysing the symptomatic samples by DAS-ELISA. This is the first report of SqMV in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

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