viruliferous

comparative more viruliferous · superlative most viruliferous

1. agricultureVirus-carrying, especially of insects which infest agricultural crops.

   Viruliferous curl mites increase during summer on volunteer wheat, and are carried by air currents into the new wheat crop.

   1992 September 3, “Farmers concerned about frost, wheat ready for planting”, in McCook Daily Gazette, retrieved 06 Mar 2013, page 8

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   Circumstantial evidence suggests that heavy infestation by viruliferous aphids can overcome the highest degree of host plant resistance.

   1968, M. J. Crampton and L. E. Watts, "Genetic Studies of Pea Leaf-Roll (Top-Yellows) Virus Resistance in Pisum sativum," New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, vol, 11, no. 4, p. 773 (Google preview)

   Maize streak virus, an endemic pathogen of native African grasses, was then carried to maize plants by viruliferous leafhoppers.

   2007 July 10, “Resistant variety of maize giving some hope”, in The Hindu, retrieved 06 Mar 2013