Bred from Trumpet Call by N. gaditanus. This is the best division 2 mini yellow I have produced. The flowers measure 45 mm in diameter. Unfortunately the leaves show symptoms of virus so it is destined for the compost heap.…
Category: Virus
Virus when cutting daffodils
Dear Friends, I heard last week an interesting item. There is for a long time a discussion about; Can we bring over virus by picking flowers or mechanical f.i. with a knife. Scientists have never seen with doing trials that…
Virus.
Dear Friends, Last week we had a demonstration day at our Research Institute, PPO Lisse, www.ppo,wur.nl There was for me an interested item. They had new indications about spreading of Virus. Via a vector living in the soil. From…
Various
Hello everyone, Some brief responses to recent daffnet discussion. Nematode: I understood that nematodes were species specific. Before I export bulbs to the USA my soil has to be declared free of potato cyst nematode. In soil testing some clover…
an alternate to HWT?
Hot water treatment as far as I have read will NOT kill the various virus’s that daffodil bulbs can be infested with. Hot water treatment for bulbs is normally used to kill mites, nematodes, bulb flies ETC. There is an…
Virus transmission question
Hi all (esp. you Ted!), Was reading the 2004 NZ Annual, and mulling a conversation I had with a concerned society member: Is it possible to transmit yellow stripe virus from infected bulbs to good bulbs when shoveling out…