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The epidemiology of tomato mosaic
Author(s) -
BROADBENT L.
Publication year - 1962
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.1744-7348.1962.tb06041.x
Subject(s) - tobacco mosaic virus , biology , cucumber mosaic virus , virus , solanaceae , strain (injury) , horticulture , plant virus , virology , agronomy , veterinary medicine , gene , medicine , biochemistry , anatomy
SUMMARY A type of ‘White Burley’ tobacco distinguished between the strains of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) present in sixty out of sixty‐four smoking tobaccos and in 187 out of 203 British tomato crops and tests with it suggest that smoking tobacco is seldom a source of virus for tomato crops. A tobacco strain was found on one nursery only, in some grafted plants. Cucumber mosaic virus occurred in one and potato virus X in thirteen crops. Tomato plants were not readily infected when handled after handling infected dry tobacco, though they were usually infected when rubbed with water extracts. Infection with tomato strains of TMV usually, but not always, protected tomatoes against infection with the tobacco strain.