Latent potyvirus infections in <I>Crocus sativus artwrightianus</I>: an underestimated problem in saffron?

In over two decades, while studying saffron reproductive biology, we frequently found ultrastructural alterations typical of potyvirus infection in stigmas, styles and leaves of Crocus sativus (saffron) and C. cartwrightianus (wild and ornamental species, a putative ancestor of saffron) from differe...

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Main Authors: Maria GRILLI CAIOLA, Franco FAORO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2011-07-01
Series:Phytopathologia Mediterranea
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/5403