Fig. 3.
Recovered recombinants are generally fitter in maize than their inoculated chimaeric parents. Proportion of chlorotic areas occurring on leaves 2–6 of PAN6099 (MSV-resistant) (a) and cv. Golden Bantam (MSV-sensitive) (b) plants agroinoculated with recombinant (R), parental chimaera (MatMPCPVW and VWMPCPMat) and wild-type (MSV-MatA and MSV-VW) MSV genomes. Symptoms on leaves 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were recorded 15, 15, 22, 29 and 36 days post-inoculation, respectively.