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Hosts and symptoms of Plum pox virus : fruiting Prunus species
Author(s) -
Llácer G.,
Cambra M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2006.00975.x
Subject(s) - prunus , pox virus , prunus armeniaca , prunus dulcis , biology , fruit tree , horticulture , rosaceae , cultivar , botany , virus , virology
A description of plum pox (sharka) symptoms on European and Japanese plum, apricot, peach, sweet and sour cherry and almond is presented. Plum pox is a serious disease mainly because it produces severe symptoms on fruits of numerous cultivars of Prunus species, causing fruit to fall or making them unfit for consumption.