Abstract
IT is just over half a century since the discovery of the first virus, that of tobacco mosaic, and it is perhaps fitting that during the last ten years it is the study of this virus which has yielded such fruitful results. There are, however, some outstanding questions which need to be answered concerning viruses and particularly plant viruses. First and foremost perhaps, as suggested by Mr. Bawden, there is the behaviour of viruses in their natural environment, the cells of the host. In other words, how do viruses multiply? This aspect may, as the author hopes, provide the next great advances in knowledge of the subject. Let us hope so too, but it is such a fundamental study that one cannot see at present just how it is to be tackled.
Plant Viruses and Virus Diseases
By F. C. Bawden. (A New Series of Plant Science Books, Vol. 13.) Second entirely revised edition. Pp. xiv + 294. (Waltham, Mass.: Chronica Botanica Company; London: Wm. Dawson and Sons, Ltd., 1943.) 4.75 dollars.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Nature, 154, 164, 334 (1944).
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
SMITH, K. Plant Viruses and Virus Diseases. Nature 154, 623–624 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154623a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154623a0
