viruliferous
English
Adjective
viruliferous (comparative more viruliferous, superlative most viruliferous)
- (biology, agriculture) Virus-carrying, especially of insects which infest agricultural crops.
- 1968, M. J. Crampton and L. E. Watts, "Genetic Studies of Pea Leaf-Roll (Top-Yellows) Virus Resistance in Pisum sativum," New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, vol, 11, no. 4, p. 773 (Google preview):
- Circumstantial evidence suggests that heavy infestation by viruliferous aphids can overcome the highest degree of host plant resistance.
- 1992 September 3, “Farmers concerned about frost, wheat ready for planting”, in McCook Daily Gazette, retrieved 6 March 2013, page 8:
- Viruliferous curl mites increase during summer on volunteer wheat, and are carried by air currents into the new wheat crop.
- 2007 July 10, “Resistant variety of maize giving some hope”, in The Hindu, retrieved 6 March 2013:
- Maize streak virus, an endemic pathogen of native African grasses, was then carried to maize plants by viruliferous leafhoppers.
- 1968, M. J. Crampton and L. E. Watts, "Genetic Studies of Pea Leaf-Roll (Top-Yellows) Virus Resistance in Pisum sativum," New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, vol, 11, no. 4, p. 773 (Google preview):
References
- “viruliferous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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