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Infection cycle of Artichoke Italian latent virus in tobacco plants: meristem invasion and recovery from disease symptoms.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Santovito Elisa, Mascia Tiziana, Siddiqui Shahid A, Minutillo Serena Anna, Valkonen Jari P T, Gallitelli Donato
Abstract excerpt
Nepoviral infections induce recovery in fully expanded leaves but persist in shoot apical meristem (SAM) by a largely unknown mechanism. The dynamics of infection of a grapevine isolate of Artichoke Italian latent virus (AILV-V, genus Nepovirus) in tobacco plants, including colonization of SAM, symptom induction and subsequent recovery of mature leaves from symptoms, were characterized. AILV-V moved from the...
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