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Article: Resistance to Alfalfa Mosaic Virus in Transgenic Burley Tobaccos Expressing the AMV Coat Protein Gene.
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- Crop Science
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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Alfalfa mosaic virus infects a wide range of plant species (Crill et al., 1970; Kaiser and Hannan, 1983; Thomas, 1951; Zaumeyer, 1963, 1953; Zaumeyer and Patino, 1960), and although tobacco is not a major host for AMV, an increasing number of cases of AMV infection have been observed in burley tobacco growing regions in recent years (Tedford and Nielsen, 1990). AMV infections typically occur early in the growing season and infected plants display symptoms of severe stunting and leaf distortion. Plants infected by AMV have reduced economic value and may serve as a reservoir for aphid transmission of AMV to other plants in the field and to other crops. A limited search for ...