ISHS Acta Horticulturae 110: V International Symposium on Virus diseases of Ornamental Plants
INTRACELLULAR CHANGES IN TREES INFECTED WITH FIG MOSAIC |
| Authors: | B. Plavšic, D. Milicic |
| Abstract:
The fig mosaic, a disease transmissible by mite Eriophyes ficus, is very common in all warmer regions of the world. As the agent of this disease has not been discovered yet, we performed electron microscopic investigations of infected figs. In the cells special polymorphic particles were found; they were mostly round, 120 to 160 nm large and sometimes surrounded by a membrane. These particles were not present in cells of healthy figs. The particles investigated are certainly very similar to the double membrane bodies described earlier in figs infected with mosaic and in some cereals infected with wheat spot mosaic. The latter pathogen is related to fig mosaic and is also transmissible by mites. | |
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