The effect of additional viral infections on garlic plants initially infected with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Allexiviruses</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | M Cecilia Perotto Eva E Cafrune Vilma C Conci |
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Institution: | 1.Institute of Phytopathology and Vegetal Physiology—National Institute of Agricultural Technology (IFFIVE-INTA),Córdoba,Argentina;2.National Council of Scientific and Technical Researches (CONICET),Córdoba,Argentina |
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Abstract: | Yield losses caused by a second viral infection of garlic plants previously infected with either of the isolated Allexiviruses, Garlic virus-A (GarV-A) or Garlic virus-C (GarV-C), were evaluated in a field assay carried out over four consecutive growing seasons. The treatment groups included
virus-free plants (VF), plants infected only with GarV-A isolates (A), plants infected only with GarV-C isolates (C), and
plants infected with a mixture of viruses that naturally infect garlic, referred to as viral-complex plants (VC). From the
first crop cycle the different treatments were infected by other viruses that naturally infect garlic. At the end of the first
growth cycle, significant differences in yield were observed among the four treatments. The bulb weight for VF, C, and A treatments
was respectively 137%, 116%, and 96% higher than the bulb weight for the VC treatment. After the fourth growth cycle, however,
non-significant differences in garlic yield between the VC, C, and A treatments were observed, whereas the yield for the VF
treatment was higher than the VC treatment by 22%. Garlic yield decreased more rapidly in plants infected previously with
at least one Allexivirus and then infected with other naturally occurring viruses than the plants that were virus-free at the beginning (VF plants). |
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