54 Rose Gardening: virus:
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This article is from the Rose Gardening FAQ, by Bill Chandler chandler@austin.ibm.com, Jolene Adams jolene@cchem.berkeley.edu, Brent C. Dickerson odinthor@csulf.edu, Karen Baldwin kbaldwin@veribest.com, and many contributors
54 Rose Gardening: virus:
There are several types of virus that affect roses, but the most common is
the mosaic virus. It causes interesting yellow patterns to form on some of
the otherwise healthy green leaves of the plant, hence the name mosaic.
Plants with virus will usually live, but they will be less vigorous than
non-virused plants.
Mosaic can not be transmitted from one plant to another by pruning. It can
be transmitted by grafting a healthy rose onto a virused rootstock, or less
likely, by grafting a virused rose onto a healthy rootstock.
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