plant viruses

Ana-rene Bolton YAYV60A at
Sun Jan 15 22:53:05 EST 1995

onenight at  wrote:
>Please excuse a layman's question, but is there an incedence in 
>where a plant virus can be transmitted to an animal?
>I appreciate your patience and any reply would be appreciated.
>one night in the rain
>onenight at

I'm a layman too, but I remember reading that animal viruses can have the 
ability to cross-infect other species.  I don't know if that would hold 
for plant viruses, but I can see no reason why not if the virus utilizes 
a substance common to both plants and animals.  That does NOT mean 
however, that the virus will be able to cause DISEASE in the cross-
infected species, but it may also be possible for the virus to develop 
the ability to cause disease in its new host.

Hope this helps.

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