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Originally Posted by Gabe15
BSV is an integrated virus, it is part of the banana DNA and cannot be cured by applying possibly deficient nutrients.
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The reason for checking levels in the plant is so that you don't overdose them with copper and zinc based
pesticides.
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Originally Posted by venturabananas
For clarification, I am pretty sure that there are non-integrated forms of BSV. In these cases, the viral DNA has not been inserted into the banana DNA. The non-integrated form can be spread my mealybugs (just like aphids can spread the BBT virus). But integrated forms of BSV can't be spread.
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That's what I learned in the UC short course on tropical IPM.