Table 2.

Transmissible diseases of trees with a virus etiology1

DiseaseIdentityReference
Amelanchier mottleAmelanchier spp.CLSVMillikan & Guengerich. 1956. Phytopathology 46:130
Ash ringspotFra×inus americanaTRSVHibben. 1966. Phytopathology 56:323
Elm mosaicUlmus americanaTomRSVSwingle et al. 1943. Phytopathology 33:1196
Epinasty on flowering cherryPrunes serulataGRMVFridlund & Deiner. 1958. Plant Dis. Rptr. 42:830
Line pattern on birchBetula papyrifera; B. alleghaniensisApMVGotlieb & Berbee. 1973. Phytopathology 63:1470
Palm mosaicWashingtonia robustaPVYMayhew & Tidwell. 1978. Plant Dis. Rptr. 62:803.
Zonate canker of elmUlmus americanaSwingle & Bretz. 1950. Phytopathology 40:1018.
  • 1 Abbreviations used in this table are as follows; ApMV = apple mosaic virus; CLSV = chlorotic leafspot virus; GRMV = green ring mottle virus; PVY = potato virus Y; TomRSV = tomato ringspot virus; TRSV = tobacco ringspot virus.