Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 37 No. 1, 1978.
Original scientific paper
Investigation of Viruses and Virus Diseases of Spinach in Croatia
Zlata Štefanac
; Hrvatska
Abstract
Affected spinach (Spinacia oleracea) plants cv. Matador with various symptoms of virus infection were collected from two places in the vicinity of Zagreb and four viruses were isolated. Out of 30 plants tested, 26 plants yielded cucumber mosaic (CMV), 2 turnip mosaic (TuMV) and 2 tomato bushy stunt (TBSV) viruses: each of these viruses was retransmitted to spinach where it induced strong disease symptoms. In addition, from 3 plants infected with CMV one not fully identified virus was isolated which caused mainly symptomless infection in spinach and was efficiently transmitted by spinach seed and pollen.
Among for isolated viruses only CMV has been reported previously from naturally infected spinach. Others have apparently been detected in this species for the first time. Together, this is the first detection of TBSV in Yugoslavia.
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Hrčak ID:
158226
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Publication date:
31.12.1978.
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