Journal Article
Characterization of two isolates of alfalfa mosaic virus in South Africa
Year1985
JournalPhytophylactica
Volume17
Total pages2
KeywordsAfrica, alfalfa mosaic virus group, plant viruses, viruses, Fabaceae, Fabales, dicotyledons, angiosperms, Spermatophyta, plants, Southern Africa, Africa South of Sahara, Africa, alfalfa mosaic virus, plant viruses, Medicago, AMV, characterization, coat, COAT PROTEIN, FORMS, host range, ISOLATE, lucerne, Lucerne, Clovers, plant pathology, morphology
Abstract
The isolates (from lucerne in Stellenbosch and ladino white clover in Pretoria) were characterised with regard to host range and symptomatology, <i>in vitro </i>physical properties, <i>in vivo </i>aggregation forms, serological relationships, particle morphology, molecular mass of the coat protein subunits and the RNA molecular masses. They were identified as minor variants of AMV, designated AMV-SA (Stellenbosch) and AMV-SA (82/8)