Transmission of pear decline by grafting

Shalla, T; Carroll, T; Chiarappa, L

Transmission of pear decline by grafting

Authors

T. A. Shalla
T. W. Carroll
Luigi Chiarappa

Authors Affiliations

T. A. Shalla is Assistant Plant Pathologist in the Experiment Station; T. W. Carroll is a Laboratory Technician, University of California, Davis; Luigi Chiarappa was formerly a Research Plant Pathologist for the Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation and is now with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 18(3):4-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v018n03p4. March 1964.

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Abstract

Graft transmission studies provide further evidence that quick decline pears is caused by a virus and that, under experimental conditions, it cause the disease in the absence of pear psylla.

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