ISHS Acta Horticulturae 94: XI International Symposium on Fruit Tree Virus Diseases
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM ON THE PRODUCTION OF VIRUS FREE PROPAGATING MATERIAL IN HUNGARY |
| Author: | B. NAGY |
| Abstract:
As the consequence of the intensity of trading on a continental scale and of the intensive development of plant cultivation, the viruses and other agents of electron microscopic size have become the most important problem of agricultural production. For more than ten years there were local attempts in the Hungarian People's Republic for virus-free propagation of different plant species first of all that of fruit and ornamental plants. These trials, however, have not had resounding successes because of the lack of background research and virus-diagnostic methods. The economic importance of virus-like diseases obliged us, and the results of virus research achieved in the last two decades urged us to take comprehensive measures in the field of protection against viruses. The measures, separated into three parts, were taken in the last three years as follows. I. Within the framework of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with the deputy secretary-general dr. István Láng in charge, an overall study has been made with the help of experts on human virology, animal hygiene and plant protection to develop the next two steps of virus research and to put forward a plan for the research program to control viruses. The study:
The treatise summed up the situation of virus research in Hungary and made suggestions to concentrate the research work. Of the recommendations the followings are the most important ones: | |
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