A likely virus was observed from Chinese chestnut

Chestnut is one of popular dry fruit due to its rich nutrients, flavor, taste and unique antioxidant activity in the world. Blight canker symptom is one of the serious problems for Chestnut growth and preservation. At present, fungi and parasite are regarded as the dominant roles for blight canker. A kind of likely virus was observed accidentally from Chinese chestnut by electron microscope. Virus might be another reason for blight canker. Little information is available referring to virus from Chinese chestnut presently. The primary shape observed by electron microscope was introduced in this paper. The isolation, identification, and characters of this virus analogue is in progress and further investigated.