Search for alternative hosts of banana bunchy top virus in AustraliaExport / Share PlumX View Altmetrics View AltmetricsGeering, A. D. W. and Thomas, J. E. (1997) Search for alternative hosts of banana bunchy top virus in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 26 . pp. 250-254. ISSN 1448-6032 Full text not currently attached. Access may be available via the Publisher's website or OpenAccess link. Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1071/AP97040 AbstractA range of plant species that are either cultivated, naturalised or indigenous to sub-tropical eastern Australia and are also able to sustain feeding by Pentalonia nigronervosa, the vector of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), were investigated as possible hosts of the virus. Alocasia brisbanensis, Alpinia arundelliana. Alpinia caerulea, Alpinia zerumbet, Canna indica, Colocasia esculenta, Hedychiumcoronarium and Heliconia psittacorum cv. Red Parakeet were aphidinoculated with BBTV and none became systemically infected. Furthermore, no BBTV was detected in surveys of field plants of Alocasia brisbanensis, Alpinia caerulea, Cannaindica, Canna × generalis, Canna × orchiodes,Colocasia esculenta and Strelitzia reginae found growing in or near banana plantations affected by BBTV. It is therefore concluded that hosts other than Musa spp. probably do not play a role as reservoirs of BBTV in Australia.
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