Virus-like particles and cytoplasmic inclusions associated with diseased Dioscorea rotundata poir from Nigeria

Dioscorea rotundata plants from Nigeria showing green vein banding and shoe-string symptoms were found to be infected with a flexuous rod-shaped virus, about 805nm long. Infected leaves contained masses of filamentous virus-like particles and cytoplasmic inclusions usually associated with infection...

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Main Authors: Mohamed, N.A., Terry, Eugene R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1979
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82686
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Summary:Dioscorea rotundata plants from Nigeria showing green vein banding and shoe-string symptoms were found to be infected with a flexuous rod-shaped virus, about 805nm long. Infected leaves contained masses of filamentous virus-like particles and cytoplasmic inclusions usually associated with infection by potyviruses; however, no true pinwheels were present. This virus may differ from that infecting yams in the West Indies on the basis of the different inclusions found in infected tissues.