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TOBACCO necrosis virus infects the roots of many plants, usually without symptoms. The virus is soil-borne1–3, but the conditions necessary for natural infection have not been determined. Attempts to obtain artificial infection of roots by adding virus suspensions to roots of plants grown in sterilized soil commonly fail.
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TEAKLE, D. Association of Olpidium brassicae and Tobacco Necrosis Virus. Nature 188, 431–432 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188431a0
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