[Identification of the corn mosaic virus, a rhabdovirus, in Costa Rica].
Maize mosaic virus (MMV), a rhabdovirus, was identified associated to maize field plants, showing stunting and continuous chlorotic stripes uniformly distributed over the leaf blade. The virus was detected in field samples by agar-gel immunodifussion. Enveloped, bacilliform virus particles were observed by electron microscopy in thin sections of naturally infected leaf tissue.
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Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular (CIBCM), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José.
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D003364:Costa Rica; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009029:Mosaic Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018144:Rhadinovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003313:Zea mays / Q000821:virology*