Cytopathology of Tomato torrado virus Infection in Tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana |
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Authors: | Lidia Zielińska Julia Byczyk Natalia Rymelska Natasza Borodynko Henryk Pospieszny Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska |
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Affiliation: | Department of Virology and Bacteriology, Institute of Plant Protection‐National Research Institute, , Poznań, 60‐318 Poland |
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Abstract: | Electron microscopy studies were carried out to investigate the cytopathological changes induced in tomato leaves by Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) that infects tomato plants worldwide causing severe necrotic symptoms. Plants infected with one of the Polish isolates of ToTV were used for cytopathological research. The results revealed severe cellular alterations, especially in Solanum lycopersicum. Moreover, it was shown that crystalline aggregates of virions occurred not only within the phloem cells as it has been previously reported. |
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Keywords: |
Tomato torrado virus
Solanum lycopersicum
Nicotiana benthamiana
cytopathology |
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