Reservoirs of Tomato Ringspot Virus in Fruit Orchards

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Abstract
Xiphinema spp. overwintered in tubs containing soil collected in late summer from root zones of 4 nectarine trees with symptoms of Prunus stem pitting disease. Weeds that grew in these tubs were indexed for tomato ringspot virus in May and July, and positive transmissions were confirmed serologically. At least one plant of each of the following species of dicotyledonous weed found in the tubs was infected with the virus: common chickweed (Stellaria media), henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata), common plantain (Plantago major), strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), sorrel (Rumex acetosella) and red clover (Trifolium pratense).

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