The effect of asparagus virus infection
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R. M. Vries-Paterson; T. A. Evans; C. T. Stephens
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Article
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1992
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Springer
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English
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The impact of asparagus virus I (AV-I), a potyvirus, and asparagus virus II (AV-II), an ilarvirus, on micropropagation of field-grown asparagus was studied. Apical shoot tips excised from singly or doubly-infected plants were slow to develop roots and had a 15 to 75% reduction in survival in culture