The general phytosanitary analysis of the symptomatic cladodes did not show signs of phtypathogenic fungi or bacteria; however, the double-stranded RNA was isolated, which indicated the presence of a virus with genomic RNA.
El análisis fitosanitario general de los cladodios sintomáticos no mostró signos de bacterias ni hongos fitopatógenos, pero se aisló ARN bicatenario, lo que indicó la presencia de un virus con ARN genómico.