Claim · model-written summary
The authors present preliminary evidence that genetic orange spotting is an infectious viroid disorder.
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e0“We provide preliminary evidence that GOS is an infectious disorder caused by a viroid.”
t0“oil and coconut palm”
Title
D. HANOLD; J. W. RANDLES Annals of Applied Biology 1991. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1991.tb06092.x
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation CCCVd-like nucleic acids were detected in oil palm, coconut palm and other monocotyledons in the southwest Pacific.
- Association Oil palms containing CCCVd-related molecules showed orange leaf spots.
- Observation Coconut palms lacked typical cadang-cadang symptoms.
- Observation Some coconut palms were chlorotic, stunted or had reduced yield.
- Observation The data suggest CCCVd-like viroids occur widely in palms and other monocotyledons outside the Philippines.