The papers did not give the authors affiliation. From other papers by some of the authors it appears that at least some of them are located at the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA. and some are from USDA-ARS Horticultural Crops Research Lab. Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA. see the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: link for other work by same authors.

All very interesting. The one chappy supporting it on PopVox is clearly more exercised about the necessity of banning foreigners and 'immoral homosexual acts' than RRD research - so much so that he unfortunately neglects to include any reference to it at all in his spirited defence of the Bill, as jkellydallas wryly notes. I'm sure there must be an important, though subtle, connection (perhaps through that infamous rosarian-led, Obama-backed, world-wide, Islamist/ liberal/ black/ homosexual conspiracy against American Freedom?...) Sorry if I left anyone out. That PopVox thing is pretty neat! I do hope everyone here will go straight on there and vote against this Bill. There were just 15 votes against when I looked + that single one in support. It doesn't look as though you have to write an explanation if you don't feel up to it. As an Australian/Brit I don't get to have a vote, not unreasonably, except that I'd rather not have RRD eventually spreading from the US to the rest of the world, obviously. :¬)

Title: "Leaf Physiological and Proteomic Analysis to Elucidate Silicon Induced Adaptive Response under Salt Stress in Rosa hybrida ‘Rock Fire’" To download full pdf copy: http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/8/1768/pdf

I have the complete paper. There were 3 components in the experiment. The tomato plants, the virus, and whiteflies. Why did the whiteflies avoid (not prefer) the virus infected plants? Their explanation is that the plant produces salicylic acid. See https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&source=hp&ei=0VoaXPfTJM-isAXa5pmwBQ&q=%22+salicylic+acid%22+plant+immune+system&btnK=Google+Search&oq=%22+salicylic+acid%22+plant+immune+system&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i299.2011.26835..30841...0.0..0.125.2371.15j10......0....1j2..gws-wiz.....0..0j35i39j0i22i30j0i30j0i131j33i22i29i30.C1zvQ3dIpqw for other papers concerning this behavior. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In a article that I wrote about rose rosette virus (last changed Nov 1, 2017), I discuss using an immune system booster: " Should you Apply a possible immune system booster? In the last 10-20 years it has been recognized that plants have an immune system against plant viruses. The University of Florida has posted the following report: "A preliminary study by our team showed that foliar applications of ASM at e50 mg/L, on Knock Out roses followed by budding plants with buds from Rose rosette virus-infected plants, did not produce any symptoms of the disease, as compared to drench application of ASM or non-treated controls which showed high disease severity as indicated by the Area Under Disease Progress Curve (Fig. 1; Horsfall and Barrett, 1945). Real-time RT-qPCR testing of the plants treated with foliar application of ASM further confirmed the absence of Rose rosette virus till date (>6 months from the start of the experiment; data not shown). This finding strongly indicates to the potential of ASM in protecting roses from Rose rosette virus, which may be due to the prevention of the virus movement, or replication from infected buds to healthy plants leading to no symptoms or reduced expression and thus needs to be further studied and validated. " https://projects.ipmcenters.org/Southern/public/ViewProject.cfm?projectID=9998461 ---------------------------------------------------------- There are 2 other easily obtained chemicals that may help the rose fight (resist) rose rosette disease. 1) By applying hydrogen peroxide. "In spite of the enormous information from research on genetics of plant disease resistance, the question still remains unresolved: what is directly inhibiting or killing pathogens and suppressing symptoms in resistant plants? This is particularly true for resistance to viral infections. Here we show that externally applied reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or ROS-producing (O 2·− [superoxide] and H2O2) chemical systems infiltrated into tobacco leaves 2 hours after inoculation suppress replication of Tobacco mosaicvirus (TMV) in the susceptible Samsun (nn) cultivar. This was determined by a biological and a real-time PCR method. Infiltration of leaves of the resistant Xanthi (NN) cultivar with the ROS-producing chemicals and H2O2 significantly suppressed local necrotic lesions (i.e. the hypersensitive response) after inoculation of tobacco leaves with TMV. Accordingly, an early accumulation or external application of ROS, such as O 2·− and H2O2, in tobacco may contribute to the development of resistance to TMV infection." The above is taken from the following 2011 reviewed scientific published paper (there are other papers, this is just one example) : http://www.akademiai.com/content/q055880253up3p57/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) By applying aspirin. "Salicylic acid (SA) is an inducer of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and could be a potential candidate in the control of plant virus diseases............................................................................The results obtained confirm that SA promotes major changes in the induction of resistance in tomato plants and suggest that treatment with exogenous SA could be considered to reduce the infections caused by PVX." The above is taken from the following 2014 reviewed scientific published paper (there are other papers, this is just one example) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10658-013-0333-1 ======================================================" https://sites.google.com/site/roserosettevirus/home H. Kuska comment: I will have to update the paper to include the latest research.