Zygocactus virus X is a little-understood plant virus which was first reported in a Thanksgiving Cactus (''S. truncata'') from Missoula, Montana, United States. Transmission takes place through mechanical

inoculation Inoculation is the act of implanting a pathogen or other microorganism. It may refer to methods of artificially inducing immunity against various infectious diseases, or it may be used to describe the spreading of disease, as in "self-inoculati ...

. Once infected, the cactus develops symptoms which can include (varying with the host infected) reddening of the pads, mosaics, mottles, ringspots or

necrosis Necrosis () is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, or trauma which result in the unregulated dige ...

. The virus has few known family hosts (under 3) and the exact spread of this virus is unknown, but known to be based in the United States.

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Plant Viruses Online
{{Taxonbar, from=Q8075859 Potexviruses Viral plant pathogens and diseases