Open AccessTítulo en español.
Author(s) -
José Adsuar
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v38i1.12716
Subject(s) - humanities , horticulture , biology , art
Transmission of the mosaic virus present on the sugarcane variety M. 336 is reported. The virus was transmitted mechanically from mosaic-infected M. 336 to the varieties, B.H. 10-12, Sta. Cruz. 12/4, and C.P. 29-291. No transmissions were obtained to the varieties P.O.J. 2878 and P.R. 902, which are resistant to the sugarcane-mosaic virus. The mosaic symptoms produced by the YM-336 virus on B.H. 10-12, Sta. Cruz 12/4, Co. 281, and C.P. 29-291 were indistinguishable from the symptoms produced on these same varieties by the sugarcane-mosaic virus. Comparative studies were made of the physical properties of the M. 336 mosaic virus and the sugarcane-mosaic virus obtained from B.H. 10-12. No differences were observed in the properties of the two viruses. Both were inactivated at a temperature of around 45°C, had a dilution end point of 1:10, and did not survive for more than 24 hours at room temperature. The YM-336 virus was transmitted successfully by means of the corn aphid, A. maidis Fitch, from infected sorghum, B.H. 10-12, and Sta. Cruz 12/4 to the variety M. 336.