[Aroid-l] viruses in Amorphophallus

From: Bryan Lampl <blampl1 at earthlink.net> on 2004.10.20 at 20:50:39(12297) I unfortunately was informed yesterday that my Amorphophallus albus is infected with something similar to the Dasheen mosaic virus. I have destroyed the tuber and its offsets, but would like some imput on the potential contamination to other plants. Should I quarantine all plants that were grown in the vicinity of the invected plant? What about a treatment program? All of my plants are grown in seperate containers and when each one goes dormant they are uprooted and the soil is discarded. I also treat each tuber with a bactericide/fungicide before putting them away for the winter. I store each tuber repotted in a dry soil mix in which they will be kept until the spring when they will be reintroduced to moisture and the sun (there are a few exceptions to this, those which require moisture while dormant). My main concern now is to be able to eliminate any potential spread of this virus. I have collected a number of Amorphophallus species this year and I would hate to have to cull plants due to this unfortunate problem. Thanks for your help. +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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