Incidence of Bamboo Mosaic Potexvirus in Taiwan. Na- Sheng Lin, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China. Yi-Jen Chai, Tzu-Yu Huang, Tien-Yung Chang, and Yau-Heiu Hsu. Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China; Taiwan Forest Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan 10728, Republic of China; and Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratories, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, Republic of China. Plant Dis. 77:448-450. Accepted for publication 18 November 1992. Copyright 1993 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-77-0448.

Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) was immunologically detected by direct tissue blotting in 11 bamboo species, including three varieties and three cultivars, in Taiwan. Viral RNA was detected in one additional bamboo species, Melocanna baccifera, by hybridization with a specific riboprobe for BaMV RNA. Most infected bamboo species have pachymorph rhizomes and belong to the genera Bambusa and Dendrocalamus. Species with other types of rhizomes were only rarely infected.

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