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Association of different kinds of bacilliform particle with vein chlorosis and mosaic diseases of raspberry ( Rubus idaeus )
Author(s) -
JONES A. T.,
ROBERTS I. M.,
MURANT A. F.
Publication year - 1974
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.1744-7348.1974.tb01404.x
Subject(s) - rubus , blowing a raspberry , biology , chlorosis , xylem , parenchyma , botany , aphid , cytoplasm , horticulture , virology , biochemistry
SUMMARY Thin sections of diseased raspberry ( Rubus idaeus ) were examined by electron microscopy. Plants of the cv. Baumforth's B and of an aphid ( Amphorophora rubi )‐resistant breeding selection (6820/54), both infected with raspberry vein chlorosis virus (RVCV) but not with other detectable viruses, contained large bacilliform particles c. 430 × 65 nm. Particles occurred in the cytoplasm and perinuclear space of a small proportion of xylem parenchyma cells. They had an inner core c. 25–30 nm in diameter with cross‐banding of periodicity 4·5 nm, and were bounded by an outer membrane. They are probably the particles of RVCV. Plants of cv. Mailing Jewel and of a selection (M14) both showing symptoms of raspberry mosaic (veinbanding) disease contained smaller bacilliform particles c. 125 × 30 nm, which occurred singly or in clusters in the cytoplasm of a small proportion of vascular parenchyma cells. It is not known which, if any, of the viruses associated with raspberry mosaic are represented by the particles.