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Phleum Mottle Virus
Author(s) -
Catherall P. L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1970.tb00992.x
Subject(s) - phleum , biology , mottle , virus , botany , agrostis , inoculation , plant virus , virology , horticulture , poaceae
SUMMARY A hitherto unrecorded virus having almost spherical particles about 30 nm in diameter was isolated from Phleum pratense and P. bertolonii . It was transmitted to five other species of Phleum, Agrostis nebulosa, Apera spica‐venti and Polypogon maritimus by sap inoculation. The virus was also transmitted by two species of beetle, Lema melanopa and L. lichenis . Some beetles became infective after short feeds on infected plants; others after long feeds. The virus sometimes persisted in the beetles for several days, but sometimes only for a few hours. Several beetles were already infective when caught in the field.