Studies on some properties of the coconut wilt virus

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1961

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Some physical properties and the mode of transmission of Coco-«,-. nut Wilt Virus (CWV), the virus associated with the root (wilt) disease * of coconut has been studied using cowpea as indicator plant. 9. The virus is sap transmissible and its insect vector on coconut is Stephanitis typicus Dist. It is also soil-borne, the clay and silt fractions collected from the base of diseased trees being infective. It has a fairly wide host range when mechanically tansmitted and occurs naturally in the roots of a number of weeds.

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Indian Coconut Journal, Vol.15: 36-46, 1961

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