First record of Turnip mosaic virus in Cook’s scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum agg.) − an endangered native plant in New Zealand
J. D. Fletcher A C , S. Bulman A , P. J. Fletcher A and G. J. Houliston BA New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand.
B Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, PO Box 40, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand.
C Corresponding author. Email: fletcherj@crop.cri.nz
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 9-11 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09004
Submitted: 9 January 2009 Accepted: 27 January 2009 Published: 2 March 2009
Abstract
Cook’s scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum agg.) is an endangered species of native Brassicaceae that is considered threatened with extinction. Virus-like disease symptoms were observed in a newly introduced plant of L. oleraceum at Stony Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand. This is the first record of a virus in L. oleraceum and the first report of a Turnip mosaic virus infection in a New Zealand native host.
Acknowledgements
We thank Sonia and Mark Armstrong for allowing access to their property at Stony Bay. We also thank Hugh Wilson for his notes detailing L. oleraceum and its history on Banks Peninsula.
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