Re: CULT:Mosiac Virus
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:Mosiac Virus
- From: o*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 04:06:56 EDT
In a message dated 6/11/2002 12:40:20 AM Central Daylight Time,
nye@fidalgo.net writes:
> These viruses make the organism ill, just
> as people are made ill by the influenza viruses. The virus causing the
> illness in the plant probably will not change the genetic code of the
> infected plant's progeny. It may or may not cause outward signs of
> changes in color and color pattern, which are a useful clue to the
> compromised health and vigor of the infected plant/s.
I'm curious. How is the Mosiac virus transmitted? What is the maximum range
over which it might be transmitted? Can the altered genetic codes be passed
to progeny by both the pollen and pod parents? Does research exist where iris
populations have been purposely infected and the characteristics of
uninfected progeny from their cross pollenation observed?
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society
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