Category: Ailments

VIRUS CONTROL BY CHEMICALS: Control by Use of Lysol

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Medical disinfectants are useless against plant virus; moist heat, caustic solutions and several others are best. A68-617 Read More

COCKROACHES: Control in Shipped Pots

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Plants received from Florida had cockroaches in the pots; they can be killed with Diazinon or Baygon (propoxur). A77-619 Read More

PELORIA: Its Occurrence

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago It can result as an upset in the developmental process, but also it is genetically determined; some forms are seemingly set- are regularly produced and constant in expression; probably ultimately i... Read More

PELORIA: Mutations in Flowers

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Lip-like characteristics in the petals are considered an abnormal regularity in normally irregular flowers, as in splash-petal cattleyas; causes are uncertain; may lead to advancement in breeding b... Read More

VIRUS: Groups and Methods of Transmission

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago As defined by the Intenational Committee for the Taxonomy of Virus, and showing those that infect: orchids and their insects of transmission; list of names of orchid viruses. A84-507 Read More

VIRUS: How to Detect It

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago A diagnostic technique developed to detect Cymbidium Mosaic and Odontoglossum Ringspot, the double radial diffusion test with antibodies produced by immunizing animals, usually rabbits;refer to A83... Read More

VIRUS: In the Wild

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Cypripedium acaule -- in the woods in Manitoba was found to have symptoms which were identified as virus by Plant Science personnel. CA84(2)-19 Read More

VIRUS: Incidence

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Table showing frequency of infection of about 2 0 genera by CMV and ORS and related to length of time in cultiva- tion; refer to W10-281 Read More

VIRUS: Indicator Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Five plants listed with details ; refer to AH86-15; seed for Gomphrena globosa and Cassia occidentalis can be purchased from suppliers; address given. A86-251; six plants listed, with details of us... Read More

VIRUS: Interferon Seen as Inhibitor

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Minute amounts sprayed on a plant can stop a virus infection in an hour, is harmle s s to plants and humans; scientists are experimenting. CA84(3)-19; AU84,Sept. Read More