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The short‐term effects of infection by tobacco mosaic virus on apparent photosynthesis of tobacco leaves
Author(s) -
ZAITLIN MILTON,
HESKETH J. D.
Publication year - 1965
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.1744-7348.1965.tb07937.x
Subject(s) - biology , nicotiana tabacum , tobacco mosaic virus , photosynthesis , inoculation , virus , botany , solanaceae , horticulture , virology , biochemistry , gene
SUMMARY Infection of two varieties of Nicotiana tabacum with the common strain of tobacco mosaic virus caused no permanent change in the apparent photosynthetic rate of the inoculated leaves in the first few hours after infection. Photosynthesis slowed transiently after inoculation as an effect of rubbing, but the leaves quickly recovered. These results are in conflict with those of Owen (1957b) ( Ann. appl. Biol. 45 , 456); the differences between these two studies have not been rationalized.