Introduction to

        Plant Virology


Virus symptoms :

Virus infected plants can display a wide range of different symptoms.
The whole plant can be stunted (dwarf-like) and infected leaves can show abnormal colorations like mosaics and yellowing.

Very often infected leaves have a rolling or curly appearance and also the fruits can display various symptoms dependent on the virus.

The yield of crop plants can be severely reduced by a virus infection.
However, the age of the plants, the viral strain and many other factors are affecting both yield and symptoms of infected plants.




       Symptoms
       Virus structure
       Transmission
       Virus transport
       Biotechnology

       Tutorial (symptoms)
       Tutorial (virus genes)

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