Open AccessPeach latent mosaic viroid in naturally infected sweet cherry trees in southern Italy
Author(s) -
Aniello Crescenzi,
A. Piazzolla,
A. Hadidi
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of horticultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-931X
pISSN - 1585-0404
DOI - 10.31421/ijhs/8/3-4/359
Subject(s) - biology , viroid , plant virus , horticulture , mosaic virus , botany , virology , virus
Peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd) was found in naturally infected sweet cherry trees grown in commercial orchards in southern Italy. The viroid was detected in nucleic acid extracts of symptomless leaves by molecular hybridization with a PLMVd cRNA probe. The viroid was transmitted by grafting from sweet cherry to peach seedlings and identified in peach by molecular hybridization.