www.metla.fi/silvafennica · ISSN 0037-5330 The Finnish Society of Forest Science · The Finnish Forest Research Institute SILVA FENNICA Silva Fennica 43(5) research articles Cherry leaf roll virus – an Emerging Virus in Finland?

• Main Authors: Susanne Von Bargen, Elise Grubits, Risto Jalkanen, Carmen Büttner
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Betula pendula; Betula pubescens; IC-RT-PCR; 3 ´ non-coding region; Kiilopää; Dwarf birch
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.3787; http://www.metla.fi/silvafennica/full/sf43/sf435727.pdf

Cherry leaf roll virus, CLRV, is a plant pathogen that infects a variety of deciduous trees and shrubs in temperate regions. Little is known about its occurrence at high latitudes and especially in Finnish birch species. Still, symptoms that seemed to be associated with CLRV such as vein banding, le...