title: History of therapy of plant viral diseases.
abstract: Sixty years of therapy of virus-infected plants have been examined by analyzing the development of therapeutic techniques which have been successful, i.e. thermotherapy, chemotherapy and meristem tip culture. The reasons that gave rise to the practice of combining techniques have also been investigated. The results have only slightly improved our knowledge of virus biology, but have made possible the micropropagation of marketable virus-free germoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Fitovirologia Applicata del C.N.R., Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pennazio
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000821:virology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000628:therapy