How to Manage Pests

Pests in Gardens and Landscapes

Pest identification and confirmation—Common viruses

Four common viruses that distort or discolor foliage in landscape plants
Abutilon mosaic virus causes vein-limited yellow blotches on leaves of Chinese lantern or Chinese bellflower.	Camellia yellow mottle virus causes an irregular yellow mottling of camellia leaves and a mottled whitish pattern in the blossoms.
Rose mosaic virus infection causes yellow to brownish lines, bands, rings, vein clearing or yellowing, oak-leaf patterns, or blotches on leaves, sometimes on only a portion of the plant.	Nandina virus causes a mottled red discoloration of the new leaves of heavenly bamboo.

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