Virus (was x Amarygia leaves)
Adam Fikso (Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:02:33 PDT)

There's more than one question here, just as there are many plant viruses,l
and families of viruses. tobamoviruses,. cucumber viruses, potato viruses,
and lest you think so, be aware that just because the name sugggests that
potatoes are affected by certain viruses, this does not mean that the virus
has read the book (memorializing the discovery of the entity) and only
attack, say, potatoes. There are iris viruses, peony viruses, etc., and
they all keep evolving.

I've not heard of anybody deliberately infecting a plant to make it
variegated. Where did you hear about it? Very disturbing news, if true.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Young" <joshy46013@yahoo.com>
To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:19 PM
Subject: [pbs] Virus (was x Amarygia leaves)

I've heard of people using Aphids to give plants variegation, is this sort
of
virus spreadable to other plants through other plants? What would be the
reason
for people would want that? It's obvious that the plant is sick which would
make it undesirable, right?

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