TABLE 3.

Virulence of nine PMMoV genotypes in C. annuum cv. Dulce Italiano (L⁺/L⁺)

Virus genotype	Virulencea
MG-WT	0.157 ± 0.026
MG-M138N	0.105 ± 0.034
MG-A86G	0.505 ± 0.032
MG-(L13F+G66V)	0.130 ± 0.054
MG-L13F	0.224 ± 0.052
MG-G66V	0.107 ± 0.037
MG-(T43K+D50G)	0.061 ± 0.084
MG-T43K	0.057 ± 0.072
MG-D50G	0.055 ± 0.054

^aVirulence was computed as V = 1 − (P_i/P_m), where P_i is the dry weight of the total biomass of each infected plant and P_m the mean dry weight of mock-inoculated plants. Data are means ± standard errors from eight replicated plants.