The satellite RNA
protection of vaccinated pepper and melon
plants against the challenge of the severe
virus strain CMV-16 in the greenhouseexperiments is shown in Figure 2B and C.
CMV-D caused pinpoint necrotic local
lesions on the inoculated leaves of the
melons and little if any systemic spread
was observed up to 3 weeks after challenge
inoculation in greenhouse experiments
(data not shown); therefore, CMV-D was
not used as a challeng