Family: Araliaceae Ornamental
Schefflera ringspot virus (SRV)
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Genus: Badnavirus Family: Caulimoviridae
SRV infection in plants of Aralia spp. was reported from Australia, Barbados, Cuba, Mauritius, Honduras, Taiwan, Thailand, and the USA (Lockhart and Olszewski 1996). The virus-infected aralia plants exhibit symptoms including chlorotic spotting, vein-clearing, and reduction of leaf size. Symptoms occurred sporadically and appeared to be correlated with changes in environmental conditions. The virus is transmitted by the citrus mealybug (Planococcus citri) in a semi-persistent manner. The virus is not transmitted by mechanical inoculation. For more details of SRV, refer to Schefflera arboricola.
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Lockhart BEL, Olszewski NE (1996) Schefflera ring spot virus, the widely distributed mealybug transmitted virus occurring in schefflera, aralia. Acta Hortic 432:196–202
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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Aralia spp.. In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_75
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