I'd encourage you to check out

http://www.perennialnursery.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=63

do a little searching there and you'll probably have more resources than you can handle!

If you google search Ohio State University Hosta Virus X you will see some good results from their online publications through their Agriculture Department. They have some very good images available as well as detailed study of the virus.

Good luck on your paper.

i love these peeps who pop in... and ask us to do the research ... scan in some articles.. and do their homework for them ...

come on guys... just websites .. cant you do a little more work for her...

after all... using google is all so overwhelming ... only 141,000 hits ... but i would prefer if you did the work ...

cummon, Ken... tell us what you REALLY think... ;-))

Ken,
I figured that someone like you (who has a lot of experience with hosta and knows about HVX) may remember a really good article that you've read which I could never find searching through 141,000 google hits. Most of those hits are brief descriptions of HVX from garden centres which is not what I'm looking for.

What I was hoping for was some help pointing me in the right direction to a credible source with detailed information about HVX. And, after all, my project would be creating awareness of HVX to more people in my community.

As always, I enjoy your remarks.
Thanks for your help,
Vanessa

I have to agree with Ken, I'd be disappointed to learn that a student of mine asked others to scan articles and send them rather than do the research to find the articles herself. I think the real issue here is you are doing a research project, educating the public is a nice addon feature (if in fact your research is ever published) but it is secondary consideration to you doing your own homework. I came up in the 70's and knew what the hippies were about, mostly shortcuts, but I never quite got into that mentality. Looks like some folks have never outgrown it.

Tracyvine, I appreciate your response very much. That was exactly what I was looking for.

Seamommy, I consider some of your comments to be offensive. For clarity purposes, I have gone to my library (which had nothing about HVX), I have googled, and I found nothing that provided in depth information about HVX. I figured someone here would have an AHS publication that may include a great article about HVX that I don't have access to. But apparently it's cheating to ask anyone for help finding something - especially being a subject that is not widely discussed.

Isn't this forum about helping people? She's just asking for a link to the best info. Where better to find that?

Westy

Vanessa, welcome to our website. Networking is a great way to get information. Be sure to check out the website that "idiothe" suggested. It's got just what you need. Lois

Vanessa, you'll find a good article and lots of links from it @ Josh Spece's website . One of these links is to an article by the foremost authority on HVX, Dr. Ben Lockhart, which you must pay for to download.

Pieter

Here is a link that might be useful: Josh Spece's website

Thanks for your suggestion, pieterje! I found the perfect article on one of the links at that site!

denial and all, My oh my, it seems some got up on the wrong side--not very welcoming or fun for the rest of us. I hope Denial and all others will return.

I find many of the university web sites have good info. That being said, be careful that what they are saying is up to date. I know some sites will do such things as give a list of those hostas that are resistant and others dispute it. You will need to read lots to come to the right conclusions about what I call "hosta's AIDS."
gramma jan

Ditto on what Gramma said.

I remember being a student and walking up to the library, telling the librarian what my assignment was and asking what books she might recommend. She was always helpful and would walk over to a section and start pulling books that might be useful. I did the reading, note taking and the final papers but it was sooooo nice to have a helping hand get me started in the right direction.

Tracyvine,Pietertje,Jim,Lois,you are all such kind souls,I for one,have asked many questions on this forum ,and have appreciated it greatly when you give me kind answers,i am sorry for you hippieindenial,to be treated so rudely,we are not all like that.
I am happy you found what you needed,you are so right,there are still so many people who have never heard of Hvx,you are doing a good thing,hey gramma, i agree with you."0)
cAROL

That was a storm here!
cAROL, written very nicely, and I agree with it 100%.
Help and Shortcuts are great during studying, it is efficiency, and with networking is what let you survive at work.