INCIDENCE OF BAMBOO MOSAIC POTEXVIRUS IN TAIWAN

Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) was immunologically detected by direct tiss ue blotting in 11 bamboo species, including three varieties and three cultivars, in Taiwan. Viral RNA was detected in one additional bamboo species, Melocanna baccifera, by hybridization with a specific ribopro be for BaMV RNA. Most infected bamboo species have pachymorph rhizomes and belong to the genera Bambusa and Dendrocalamus. Species with othe r types of rhizomes were only rarely infected.