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AN INVESTIGATION OF TOMATO VIRUS DISEASES OF THE MOSAIC “STRIPE,” STREAK GROUP
Author(s) -
AINSWORTH G. C.
Publication year - 1933
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1933.tb07439.x
Subject(s) - streak , biology , mosaic , virology , virus , tobacco mosaic virus , history , physics , archaeology , optics
SUMMARY. Virus diseases of tomato of the mosaic, “stripe,” streak type as occurring in glasshouses in the British Isles have been examined. Ordinary or mild mosaic (tomato mosaic) has been identified with true tobacco mosaic and found not to be implicated in most of the “stripe” disease. The symptom picture generally known as “stripe” may be due to several causes, and in this paper the diseases have been distinguished as follows: stripe when attributed to Bacillus lathyri, glasshouse streak when caused by a single virus (the most frequently occurring form), and streak when due to a mixed virus infection (typically tomato mosaic and potato mosaic). Descriptions are given of tomato mosaic, glasshouse streak, and streak, and they are compared with each other and with spotted wilt. The author wishes to express his best thanks to Dr W. F. Bewley for helpful criticism and advice. The work has been carried out with the aid of a grant from the Empire Marketing Board.