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IN a recent issue of NATURE1, Dr. Kenneth Smith described the virus of a new disease of plants as being ” air-borne”. The term in this connexion implies: (1) that the virus agent can escape from the tissues of the infected plant into the air under natural conditions; (2) that it is carried in the air; and (3) that the air-carried virus can infect a normal healthy plant.
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NATURE, 139, 370 (Feb. 27, 1937).
cf. Smith, NATURE, 138, 396 (Sept. 7, 1935).
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CALDWELL, J. An Air-borne Plant Virus. Nature 139, 761 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139761b0
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