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Testing for Viruses: Indicator Plants

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Since the very early days of plant virus study, virologists have sought for an alternative host plant when studying new or suspected viruses, especially those which are sap-transmissible. The ideal alternative host is one which reacts promptly and characteristically to sap-inoculation, preferably with the formation of local lesions on the inoculated leaves (see Chapter Ten). Such a plant has become known as a ‘differential host’ or ‘indicator plant’.

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  1. Virus Research Unit, Agricultural Research Council, Cambridge, UK

    Kenneth M. Smith C.B.E., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S. (Formerly Director)

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Smith, K.M. (1977). Testing for Viruses: Indicator Plants. In: Plant Viruses. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9653-9_13

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