Study on Dasheen Mosaic Virus from Zentedeshia Aethiopica
Abstract: A filemental virus was detected from natural-infected Z. aethiopica showing mosaic and distortion symptoms in Hangzhou,Beijing and Shanghai. The average length of the virus paticles was 745nm and the most distribution was 720-750nm. The virus became strongly decorated with an antiserum of Dasheen mosaic virus (DMV) and decorated loosely with three different antisera of PVY by ISEM test. There were numerous virus particles aggregated as bundles and scattered in the cytoplasm in ultra- section of diseased lea...