Pigments (mg. g-1 dw) Health leaves TBSVEghinfected leaves t
L. esculentum
Chl. a 8.10 ± 0.50 5.21* ± 1.02 2.54
Chl. b 5.10 ± 0.15 3.00* ± 0.73 2.811
Chl a + Chl. b 13.19 ± 0.35 8.21* ± 1.75 2.795
Chl. a/Chl. b 1.60 ± 0.14 1.79 ± 0.12 -1
Car. 0.99 ± 0.15 1.20 ± 0.12 -1.01
C. pepo
Chl. a 17.17 ± 0.78 10.41* ± 2.4 2.679
Chl.b 10.15 ± 0.02 5.95* ± 1.28 3.277
Chl.a + Chl.b 27.32 ± 0.78 16. 36* ± 3.68 2.913
Chl.a/Chl.b 1.691 ± 0.08 1.74* ± 0.028 -5.5
Car 1.907 ± 0.08 1.46* ± 0.39 2.306
*show significant differences between infected and health leaves (α/2= 0.1).
Table 3: Changes in photosynthetic pigments content in TBSV Egh-infected leaves of Lycopersicon esculentum and Cucurbita pepo. Values are means ± standard errors of three replicates.