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Abstract

SUMMARY: Preparations of the Rothamsted tobacco necrosis virus made from tobacco leaves that have been frozen while intact are less infective than preparations made from unfrozen leaves. Freezing minced leaves or expressed sap does not destroy infectivity. The suggestion is made that much virus in the intact leaf becomes infective only by means of a mechanism that is set in action by mincing and is disordered by freezing.

The infectivity, but not the serological activity, of the virus is lost on exposure to 0·02–0·01 neutral citrate; the extent of this inactivation is influenced by the temperature, pH, duration of exposure, concentration of virus and presence of salts and other substances. Similar processes could influence the infectivity of the virus in sap and may do so in the leaf.

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