Contact Us
University of California Cooperative Extension Ventura County
669 County Square Drive, Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93003
Phone: 805.645.1451
Fax: 805.645.1474
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The office will be closed for the following holidays:
November 11 - Veterans Day
November 28-29 - Thanksgiving Holiday
December 24-25 - Christmas Holiday
December 31 - January 1 - New Year Holiday
Curing Viruses
Once a plant, any plant, is infected with a virus, it is infected for life. Science has not found a way to eradicate viruses from growing plants. In the laboratory it is possible to take certain plant tissues and through manipulation produce virus-free progeny. This is a precise, time-consuming and costly process. It has been used to develop and produce virus-free “mother” stock from which more plants can be propagated. This process is not something the backyard gardener can do, however.