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Originally Posted by tant385
I saw it on one newly acquired cattleya, after testing for viruses the plant appeared to be positive for CyMV. Before a got a very healthy looking phal plant with 2 keiks, after testing it appeared positive for virus too. I have a feeling now that healthy plant will not do it without reason  . |
It doesn't make much sense, does it?
Statistically, no correlation can be observed between these two facts .
Thousands and thousands of Catts are infected with different viruses. However, these keikis are extremely rare.
(It's more or less like saying that people that have had a cold in the last two years are more likely to be run over by a train, because my neighbour was run over by a train when he had a cold.)
Botanically, I can't see any reason to suspect that these two facts may be related.
In fact, the development of a keiki is the direct result of the activity of the meristem. But the meristem is the part of the plant that is less likely to carry viruses (for many reasons:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/102103016...e1/lec7/4.html
An RNA-dependent RNA polymerase prevents meristem invasion by potat... - PubMed - NCBI
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