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IN a recent publication1, an account is given of an unusual plant virus which is found in the roots of normal-looking plants of different species growing in the insect-proof glasshouse under conditions usually considered proof against virus infection. It is shown that this virus is water-borne to the soil, whence it reaches the roots of the plants.
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Smith, Kenneth M., Parasitology, 29 (1937).
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SMITH, K. An Air-borne Plant Virus. Nature 139, 370 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139370a0
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