Germination (%) Emergence (%) Transmission Frequency (%) Viroid Titers(ng/µl) Healthy Seeds 98.0 NT* NA** NA Infected Seeds 53.0 36.1 62.3-69.0 173 Seedlings NA NA 50.9% 785

*Not tested. **Not Applicable.

Table 1: Percent germination, percent emergence, transmisson frequency and viroid titers of PSTVd in healthy seeds, seeds harvested from infected plants and seedlings grown from seeds harvested from infected plants.