Evidently, after her experiments, Ellen Chernoff Ph.d., Associate professor of botany, had already reached the conclusions suggested by Jadeboy M.S. botany Perhaps another time he might also edit the subject and delete some of the less relevant material when replying to the PBS digest? Peter (UK) On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:46 AM, <Jadeboy48@aol.com> wrote: > I response to message 4 > My advice would be to isolate any infected > plants and unless they are the last specimen in the world burn the whole > plant. > Remember to keep infected plants separated from healthy ones. Russ H, BS, > MS in > Botany > > 4. Heat treatment follow up (Chernoff, Ellen A. G.) > > 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. > I decided to dispose of the virused bulbs to protect all my others. > > -- > Dr. Ellen Chernoff, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Biology > >