ABSTRACT
Approximately3000seedbomemicroorganismsandviruses,manyofwhich areplantpathogens,havebeenrecordedonover800hostplants.1Successful establishmentofseedbomeinoculuminthefieldisanimportantfactorinthe epidemiologyofmanypathogens.Organismsmaybeseedbomebutnotseed transmitted.Seedtransmissionofteniscomplex,dependingonseveral.interactions.Anumberoffactorsinfluencesuccessfulseedtransmissionan(iestablishmentofinfectioninasubsequentcrop.
