Australia: $1 million for research into plant virus CGMMV
Horticulture Innovation Australia has given the Government's Berrimah Research Farm $1.2 million to investigate how long the Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) can survive in the soil.
Study leader Dr Lucy Tran-Nguyen said little was known about the virus internationally.
She said Canada and the US were particularly interested to see the results of the Australian study.
"It's such a virulent virus and a lot of people are spending a lot of money to find out what is going on," Dr Tran-Nguyen said.
"Initially, the hypothesis was that it would survive for no more than 12 months [but] as we found out, it is still viable.
"We need to find out how long it will survive in our soil and in what conditions."
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