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Failure of Aphids to Transmit the Odontoglossum Ringspot and Cymbidium Mosaic Viruses to Orchid Plantlets Derived from Meristem Cultures. R. Namba, Entomologist, Entomology Department, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822; M. Ishii, Associate Plant Pathologist, Plant Pathology Department, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822. Phytopathology 61:582-583. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-61-582.

The use of plantlets derived from “protocorm-like” bodies in orchid meristem culture as test plants for aphid transmission of orchid viruses was studied. Myzus persicae and Cerataphis orchidearum readily probed into the test plantlets, indicating feasibility of their use; however, the aphids failed to transmit Odontoglossum ringspot and Cymbidium mosaic viruses to them.