CHLOROTIC MOTTLE - NEWLY RECODNIZED DISEASE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM
CHLOROTIC MOTTLE - NEWLY RECODNIZED DISEASE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM
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DOI:
10.1094/phyto-61-415
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
HORST, RK
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作者:
DIMOCK, AW;GEISSINGER, CM;HORST, RK
A chlorotic mottle of chrysanthemum (Chrysan-themum morifolium Ramat.) first noted in the cultivar Yellow Delaware proved to be graft-transmissible to a large number of chrysanthemum cultivars. Scions of some cultivars, although infected, re-mained symptomless, whereas others initially exhibited marked yellow-green mottling, but eventually developed pronounced general chlorosis and were somewhat dwarfed. Scions of some cultivars exhibited marked initial reaction, but later became symptomless though still carrying active incitant. The relative brevity of the early phase of striking variegation was an outstanding characteristic of the syndrome. No pathogenic bacterium or fungus was found associated with the diseased plants. The probability of virus etiology was indicated by successful inoculation of healthy chrysanthemums by standard sap inoculation techniques. Negative results of sap inoculations of standard indicator plants suggested that it was not caused by the viruses of chrysanthemum stunt, chrysanthemum mosaic, chrysanthemum aspermy, chrysanthemum dwarf-mottle, Noordam's chrysanthemum virus B, tobacco mosaic virus, or cucumber mosaic virus. We propose that the disease be designated by the term “chlorotic mottle". Phy-topathology 61: 415-419.During the summer of 1967, our attention was called to a malady affecting chrysanthemums in a commercial glasshouse range in upstate New York (3). We were advised that the problem was limited mostly to the cultivar Yellow Delaware, and to a minor extent to the “parent” cultivar Delaware. The malady had been ob-served in a number of glasshouses in southern USA, but only occasionally in the north. It appeared that most, if not all, diseased material originated from clonal stock plants grown in Florida. Symptoms of the disease included (i) mild mottling or variegation of the young leaves and occasional distinct chlorotic spotting;(ii) general chlorosis of new leaves, often following mottling of early-formed leaves;(iii) dwarfing of leaves, flowers, and the entire plant; and (iv) delay in development of blossoms. Expression of symptoms within a group of plants varied at any given time and from time to time. Plants of some cultivars might at one time be very chlorotic, 1 or 2 weeks later appear almost wholly recovered, then again exhibit severe symptoms. Often the parent plant and the rooted cuttings would appear perfectly healthy, severe symptoms developing only after the cuttings were planted by the unsuspecting customer. Frequently, only two or three of the five plants in a pot developed symptoms, but the pot was thus rendered valueless (Fig. 1).