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. 2016 Mar 2;24(6):1336–1343. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.02.022

Table 1.

Viruses detected in alfalfa samples in the major producing regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during two year survey (2012–2013).

Region & location No. of samples Viruses
AMV BCMV BLRV BYMV CMV LTSV PeSV RCVMV TSV WClMV
Jouf 169 119 9 44 2 2 9 0 2 0 1
Tabuk 178 82 0 12 4 6 10 1 1 1 1
Hail 164 106 0 28 6 1 8 3 5 0 3
Qassim 189 107 5 22 2 0 2 1 2 0 2



Riyadh region
Wadi Aldawasir 129 54 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Shaqra 40 33 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sagir 87 52 0 10 2 0 1 0 1 1 3
Harad 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zulfi 56 38 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alkharj 51 33 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Hota 40 26 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Aflaj 50 24 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0



Total 1166 681 14 146 16 9 34 5 14 4 12



Percentage % 58.4 1.2 12.5 1.4 0.8 2.9 0.4 1.2 0.3 1