Ive been thinking about getting my monstera tested for mosaic virus. I looked up testing sites and realized the panel for mosaic viruses are huge and most tests are immunoassay based, meaning if you are testing for TMV but you actually have CMV (cucumber mosaic virus) you’re going to get a false negative. Made me think what are the most common mosaic virus species on houseplants. It cannot just be all tobacco mosaic virus
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Ive been thinking about getting my monstera tested for mosaic virus. I looked up testing sites and realized the panel for mosaic viruses are huge and most tests are immunoassay based, meaning if you are testing for TMV but you actually have CMV (cucumber mosaic virus) you’re going to get a false negative. Made me think what are the most common mosaic virus species on houseplants. It cannot just be all tobacco mosaic virus