Some Effects of Phosphorus on Phosphorus Compounds of Tobacco Mosaic Virus‐Infected and non‐Infected Tissue Cultures

Environmental nutrient supply alters prevalence and weakens competitive interactions among coinfecting viruses

“…The growth rate of microorganisms has been shown to be tightly linked to N : P stoichiometry, RNA : protein ratio and ribosomal requirement for protein synthesis (Elser et al ., ; Karpinets et al ., ). Altered nutrient supply rates and ratios are known to influence pathogen infection and reproduction across a diversity of hosts and their pathogens (Spencer, ; Bawden & Kassanis, ; Merrett & Sunderland, ; Kaplan & Bergman, ; Adam et al ., ; Field et al ., ; Solomon et al ., , p. 2; Clasen & Elser, ; Eraslan et al ., ; Smith, ; Frost et al ., ; Dordas, ; Seabloom et al ., ; Borer et al ., ), but see Rousk et al ., ). The effects of environmental nutrient supply on pathogen population dynamics act via host nutrient uptake, which, for many plants, reflects environmental supply (Williams, ; Farage, ).…”

Phosphorus Distribution in Healthy and Tomato bushy stunt virus‐infected Lycopersicon esculentum Plants

“…At such lower ATP production several functions as well as nutrients absorptions are delayed. MERRETT and SUNDERLAND (1965) reported, in TMV-Nicotiana sp. infected tissue cultures, a decrease of organic phosphorus by further incorporation of nucleotides into the RNA of the virus and by a lower synthesis rate of these nucleotides.…”

“…Most of the works concerning phosphorus metabolism of the plant cell infected with a virus (MERRETT and SUNDERLAND 1965, VAYONIS 1954, ESANU 1969 were carried out with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV).…”