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Let us imagine that we have been presented with diseased plant material and asked to identify the causative agent. If we also imagine that tests have shown that no fungal, bacterial or mycoplasmal pathogens are responsible for the symptoms, neither are they the result of nutrient imbalance or pest or spray damage, how then can we
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determine that a virus or viruses are involved, and
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identify the virus?
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Stevens, W.A. (1983). Techniques in Plant Virology. In: Virology of Flowering Plants. Tertiary Level Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1251-3_7
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