Transmission of viral diseases of plants by insects was suggested by _________.

Directions: Late in the 19th century, T.J. Burrill, working in Illinois, discovered the fire blight disease in pear caused by a bacterium. This opened a new area of microbiology called “ plant pathology”.

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