Abstract
Abstract Although the fruit of wild Vaccinium species has long been harvested by man, a commercial fruit industry was not established until the early 1920’s with the introduction of highbush blueberry cultivars of V. australe Small and V. corymbosum L. Plants were at first apparently free of serious disease problems, but the new industry was soon threatened by stunt, which was considered a virus disease until the discovery of mycoplasmalike organisms (MLO’s) in plants. Since 1954, several virus diseases have been recognized. Researchers have had the unique opportunity to follow the development of virus and MLO diseases while a native wild plant was modified by plant breeders and brought under cultivation. Information acquired before 1970 and illustrations of symptoms may be found in earlier reviews (10, 11, 12).
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