More desirable viruses

3rd December 2020

More desirable viruses

Another well-known plant which actually displays a stable virus is Lonicera japonica 'Aureoreticulata'.  In this case it is what is called a vein-clearing virus, where the netted golden pattern on the leaves shows where the leaf veins are deficient in the chlorophyll that makes rhe rest of the leaf green.

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