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Plant viruses axe the second most important group of plant pathogens and may cause losses exceeding US$ 60 billion per year (Matthews, 1991). Their effects are most severe in agrarian economies where major staple crops are grown intensively. There are no direct control measures available for most crops, and resistance is available for only a few virus diseases where good crop research facilities are in place. Control is usually attempted through modification of cultural practices, but this requires an extensive knowledge of the disease cycle of the virus, including factors such as where the virus survives, the type of vector which transfers it from plant to plant, and the time and pattern of spread. A fundamental difficulty in working with viruses is that although their accurate identification is essential, the means of achieving this relies on laboratory based procedures. Symptoms are unreliable as either an indicator of the presence of a virus in a plant, or its identity.
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Randles, J.W., Wefels, E., Hanold, D., Miller, D.C., Morin, J.P., Rohde, W. (1999). Detection and diagnosis of coconut foliar decay disease. In: Oropeza, C., Verdeil, J.L., Ashburner, G.R., Cardeña, R., Santamaría, J.M. (eds) Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9283-3_17
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