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Trifolium ambiguum is not resistant to alfalfa mosaic virus

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Trifolium ambiguum is reported to be resistant to most viruses which infect pasture legumes. Stunted plants of T. ambiguum cv. Endura showing conspicuous mosaic and yellow mosaic symptoms were found to be infected with alfalfa mosaic virus. The resistance of T. ambiguum to a number of viruses should be re-examined.

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  1. Botany Department, University of Otago, Box 56 Dunedin, New Zealand

    G. S. Wijkstra & P. L. Guy

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Wijkstra, G.S., Guy, P.L. Trifolium ambiguum is not resistant to alfalfa mosaic virus. Australasian Plant Pathology 25, 213 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1071/AP96037

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