Last modified 2/16/2015
By Henry Kuska
retired, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Akron
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry
"This page gives the information that I have collected from my own literature searches and from others posting on the internet. Please let me know if you feel anything is not clear or is not addressed at all as I am continually updating/modifying it as I get feedback." The bold face was added by me for emphasis (H.Kuska).
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So far this virus has only been detected in roses in Saudi Arabia (2015).
"The virus was also detected for the first time in up to 10% of commercially grown ornamental plants (Taif Roses) Rosa damascena, in which it caused mosaic symptoms on leaf and moderate flower breaking."
See Figure 1 for a picture of an infected rose leaf.
It is possible that this virus is transmitted by aphids:
http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/36098
http://www.dpvweb.net/dpv/showdpv.php?dpvno=040
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My other rose virus sites can be reached from the following index page: