Chlorotic spots on Clerodendrum, a disease caused by a nuclear type of Brevipalpus (Acari:Tenuipalpidae) transmitted virus Mancha clorótica do Clerodendrum, uma enfermidade causada por um vírus do tipo nuclear, transmitido pelo ácaro Brevipalpus phoenicis (Acari:Tenuipalpidae)

Chlorotic spots have been observed in plants of Clerodendrum x speciosum growing in residential gardens and parks in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. Thin sections of diseased tissues revealed characteristic cytopathic effects of the nuclear type of the Brevipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) mite-transmitted vir...

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Main Authors: Elliot Watanabe Kitajima, Karen Sumire Kubo, Paulo de Tarso Oliveira Ferreira, Berenice Kussumoto de Alcântara, Alessandra Jesus Boari, Renata Takassugi Gomes, Juliana Freitas-Astua, Jorge Alberto Marques Rezende, Gilberto José de Morais, Renato Barbosa Salaroli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-02-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162008000100006