An aphid-borne virus disease of plum trees characterized by yellow blotches on the leaves and pockets of dead tissue in the fruit.
李痘病(李子树上的由蚜虫传播的病毒性疾病,特征为叶子长黄斑,果实有腐烂部分)
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More than 100 million stone fruit trees in Europe are infected with plum pox, the most virulent strain of which was first discovered in the United States in 1999.
Determining the origin of plum pox virus is a critical step in eradicating this emerging disease that now threatens the $1.3 billion U.S. stone fruit industry.
Arboretum researchers recently used genetics to investigate plum pox virus, which spells trouble for the $1.3 billion stone fruit industry that includes plums, peaches, apricots, nectarines, and other ornamental relatives.
For example, we picked up the one suspect fruit that had symptoms not dissimilar to plum pox, which was what triggered the full investigation.