Leaf mottling of Spartina species caused by a newly recognised virus, spartina mottle virus
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Applied Biology
- Vol. 94 (1) , 77-81
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1980.tb03898.x
Abstract
SUMMARY: The cause of a previously undocumented leaf mottling of Spartina species was investigated. Negatively stained preparations of sap from mottled leaves revealed flexuous particles 725 × 12 nm. Pinwheels with associated laminar inclusion bodies were observed in thin sections of affected mesophyll cells. The virus was purified from infected Spartina anglica plants and had a sedimentation coefficient in 0·015 m borate of 150S. The virus was transmitted by inoculation of sap to healthy Spartina anglica, but not to a range of other graminaceous or dicotyledonous species tested. It was distantly serologically related to agropyron mosaic virus, but not to other viruses with similar morphology; the name spartina mottle virus is proposed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- C4 photosynthesis in plants from cool temperate regions, with particular reference to Spartina townsendiiNature, 1975
- Spartina × Townsendii H. & J. Groves Sensu LatoJournal of Ecology, 1969
- World Resources of Spartina townsendii (sensu lato) and Economic Use of Spartina MarshlandJournal of Applied Ecology, 1967
- CROPPING SPARTINA SALT MARSH FOR SILAGEGrass and Forage Science, 1966
- Spartina Marshes in Southern England: VI. Pattern of Invasion in Poole HarbourJournal of Ecology, 1965
- THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPYThe Journal of cell biology, 1963
- Spartina Salt Marshes in Southern England: I. The Effects of Sheep Grazing at the Upper Limits of Spartina Marsh in Bridgwater BayJournal of Ecology, 1961
- The possible role of pathogenic fungi in die-back of Spartina townsendii agg.Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 1959
- Investigations into `Die-Back' in Spartina Townsendii AGG.: I. The Present Status of Spartina Townsendii in BritainJournal of Ecology, 1959