Celery mosaic virus that the crops are harvested quickly after infection. Celery is the most common host of this virus. As the name implies, this virus causes a mosaic or mottling in the leaves of celery. There can also be malformation of leaflets. In older leaves, chorotic/necrotic spots may occur and the plants can be stunted. (see symptoms description) Viral Inclusions of Celery mosaic virus. In addition to celery, this virus has been identified in other important crops in the " Apiaceae " including carrots ("Daucus carota"), coriander ("Coriandrum sativum"), parsley ("Petroselinum crispum"), parsnip ("Pastinaca sativa"), and dill ("Anethum graveolens"). It has also
Celery medicinal herbs and vegetables the Frankish emperor desired to see grown. At some later point in medieval Europe celery displaced alexanders. Celery's late arrival in the English kitchen is an end-product of the long tradition of seed selection needed to reduce the sap's bitterness and increase its sugars. By 1699, John Evelyn could recommend it in his "Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets": "Sellery, apium Italicum, (and of the Petroseline Family) was formerly a stranger with us (nor very long since in Italy) is an hot and more generous sort of Macedonian Persley or Smallage... and for its high and grateful