Università degli studi di Sassari, Facoltà di Agraria
Abstract
A virus disease of «Masedu» of artichoke has been observed, in a serious form, in southern Sardinia
(Italy). Affected plants are stunted with leaves heavily mottled, crinkled and laciniated.
On the basis of the herbaceous hosts reactions, physical properties «in vitro», spectrophotometry,
electron microscopy and serology, the virus recovered from diseased plants is identified
as an isolate of AMCV, belonging to «Tombusvirus» group, serologically undistinguishable from
the italian type isolate