New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts
New plant disease record in New Zealand: dasheen mosaic potyvirus infecting
taro (Colocasia esculenta Schott)
M. N. PEARSON
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92 019
Auckland, New Zealand
W. T. BUSSELL
Department of Landscape and Plant Science
UNITEC Institute of Technology
Private Bag 92 025
Auckland, New Zealand
J. J. C. SCHEFFER
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food
Research Limited
Cronin Road
RD 1, Pukekohe
New Zealand
Abstract A feathery mottle pattern, typical of dasheen mosaic
virus infection, was observed on the leaves of one Japanese and two traditional
New Zealand cultivars of taro (Colocasia esculenta Schott) grown in the
Auckland area of New Zealand. Electron microscopy and serological testing
confirmed the presence of dasheen mosaic virus.
Keywords Colocasia esculenta; dasheen mosaic virus;
New Zealand
H97058
Received 19 November 1997; accepted 13 February 1998
Plant disease record
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