Heat treatment follow up
Chernoff, Ellen A. G. (Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:50:48 PDT)

Some time a ago I posted about an anti-mosaic virus treatment for
hippeastrum bulbs. I think the method is OK as a last resort. It
certainly eliminated the of mosaic virus marking on the survivors, but
I can't be certain it is really gone. The bulbs I treated were
identified as H. equestre red, H equestre pink and two different H
reticulatum striatafolium, all from Thailand. The 'equestre did the
best with substantial leaf growth and decent root growth. The
reticulatum bulbs keep aborting their leaves but had good root growth.
I decided to dispose of the virused bulbs to protect all my others.

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Dr. Ellen Chernoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
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