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Serological Relationships Among Potyviruses: Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus, Tobacco Etch Virus, and Turnip Mosaic Virus. M. R. McLaughlin, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames 50010; J. H. Hill(2), and Helen I. Benner(3). (2)(3)Assistant Professor, and Technician II, respectively, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames 50010. Phytopathology 65:334-335. Accepted for publication 10 October 1974. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-65-334.

Serological relationships of maize dwarf mosaic virus strain-B (MDMV), turnip mosaic virus (TurMV), and tobacco etch virus (TEV) were studied using antisera produced against the intact viruses. Microprecipitin tests showed that MDMV, TurMV, and TEV are distantly related serologically. This relationship provides further evidence for placing MDMV in the potyvirus group of plant viruses.