A Carlavirus Associated with Blueberry Scorch Disease

Abstract

The causal virus is designated blueberry scorch virus: purification of a virus from blueberry scorch diseased blueberry plants, partial characterization of this virus, and conditions necessary to detect these viruslike particles by ELISA in infected blueberry leaves (Vaccinium corymbosum). The cultivars Berkeley, Atlantic, Collins, Herbert and Pemberton are particularly susceptible