Strawberry Latent Ringspot Virus Associated with a New Disease of Olive in Central Italy
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 70 (2) , 171-172
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pd-70-171
Abstract
Strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRV) was repeatedly isolated from flowers, leaves, and roots of olive (Olea europea L.) plants (cultivar Ascolana tenera) in central Italy. All infected plants showed symptoms of leaf narrowing and twisting, shortening of internodes, and fruit deformations. SLRV and the associated disease were both transmitted to healthy Ascolana tenera scions by grafting to nturally affected trees. Infectivity to differential hosts, serological properties, and sedimentation behavior of purified viral preparations indicate that our isolate is similar to the SLRV previously obtained from symptomless olive trees. This is the first report of a viral infection on olive associated with clear-cut symptoms.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Olive latent virus‐1, an isometric virus with a single RNA species isolated from olive in Apulia, Southern ItalyAnnals of Applied Biology, 1985
- Olive latent ringspot virus, a newly recognised virus infecting olive in ItalyAnnals of Applied Biology, 1983