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Hello Henry: Nothing new- we get called to a lot of "problem situations" that turn out to be RRD. We saw our first RRD in garden situations some years ago- about the same time Terry did - might have been some before that misdiagnosed as weed killer damage. I've got to assume it had already showed up on wild multifloras. I used to tell people to bring their infected roses to their county extension - I don't even bother with that any more. They've probably seen enough of them. Wild multiflora roses have become significantly reduced in this area in the past few years - even the ones that were planted as highway barriers are significantly reduced. That's got to be from RRD. I assume the ones that are left are somewhat resistant to the virus. Since this virus requires a vector, that might be succumbing to natural predators as well. Here is a link that might be useful: Featured Creatures: eriophyid mite vector of Rose Rosette Disease (RRD)

Yes, they do mention the symptoms and have pictures. "Field observations showed that PPSMV-2-infected plants of different cultivars consistently exhibited mosaic (Fig. 4a) and stunting, and, in a single case, sterility, whereas chlorotic ringspots and line patterns of the leaves, but no apparent decrease in vigour, were shown by PPSMV-1-infected plants (Fig. 4b). When both viruses were present in the same plant, these plants displayed more-severe symptoms, i.e., chlorosis, leaf deformation, mosaic and sterility typical of SMD (Fig. 4c and d)." --------------------------------------------------- Regarding mite spread: "Successful ‘‘stapling transmission’’ experiments confirmed the efficacy of this technique for transferring PPSMV-1 and PPSMV-2 to healthy test plants (pigeonpea and French bean) by A. cajani under greenhouse conditions. However, it remains to be established if transmission occurs with a different efficiency for each virus or if other eriophyid mites have a role in their spread in nature."

This is the part I find most interesting: ”A researcher at the University of Tennessee has had some luck killing the mites with commonly available chemical sprays or miticides. But they had to be used so often that it was not practical.” I believe it’s a reference to Dr. Mark Windham’s work. With certain miticides, he was RRD free for his trial period (the control sample and all other methods all caught RRD). He sprayed every two weeks, I do not find that ‘not practical’. I think more needs to be tested along this line. I’ve been using the same miticides he used, I’ve been free for over a year. Of course only time will tell and more research needs to be done.