Re: Plant Viruses

Barb,
it sounds like a virus we used to get here in Va.
From the sound of it, it's Mosaic.
There's no cure for it though.
Are the leaves misshapen as well as blotchy?
It can be spread by aphids and by touching.
They say it can live in weeds and when the ahpids go from the weeds to your
plants, they infect them.
The best theing you can do is to put someting on the plants to kill the ahpids.
Perhaps spraying the weeds as well.
I have noticed that if I planted late in the season, say from July on I
would get this disease everytime.
But not if I planted in May.
I have no idea why.
One thing, try to avoid touching your plants that aren't infected.
That also means the tools you use.
I can't say for sure it's the same thing, but I believe Dan Gardner's page
had a picture of what it looks like.
You might want to have a look.
Try this and see if it looks like what you have:
http://cygnus.tamu.edu/cgi-bin/webscan
Good luck 
Tim Aker








At 12:25 PM 5/29/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Hey, all:
>
>Wondering if any of you have had experience with viruses on your AG plants.
>Seems that there is evidence of viruses in a small patch of hybrid pepo
>pumpkins I have adjacent to the AG field. The virus is characterized by
>strange, pointed leaf growth, and blotchy leaves. Most of the virus activity
>is on new growth.
>
>Dr. Al Ferrer, plant disease specialist here in FL looked the field over and
>so far, we have only noticed this in the hybrid varieties. He feels the weeds
>at the edge of the field are probably the cause. The fix? watch ans see for
>now, may have to pull plants to correct problem and arrest spread.
>
>Any one out there who has had viruses of this sort, please share your
>experiences.
>
>I have noticed that some of the new female blossoms on the hybrids are yellow
>and blotchy. Wondered if this is a mutation from the daconil use, and not a
>virus at all? Anyone else have any similar experience?
>
>Barb
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