European Journal of Plant Pathology (1998) 104, 383-386

J.T.J. Verhoeven, M.S.J. Arts, R.A. Owens and J.W. Roenhorst (1998)
Natural infection of petunia by Chrysanthemum stunt viroid
European Journal of Plant Pathology 104 (4), 383-386
Abstract: A viroid that behaved similar to chrysanthemum stunt viroid (CSVd) during return-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis has been detected in petunia. Subsequent transmission studies as well as reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis showed that the viroid is indeed a strain of CSVd. As long as the viroid is absent from plants used for vegetative propagation, it appears not to pose a serious threat to petunia cultivation.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jacobus Th.J. Verhoeven, Robert A. Owens

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Chrysanthemum stunt viroid	Petunia (crop)