In this work, raw fibers of a local species of stabraq (milkweed) were scoured, bleached and blended with cotton fibers with a ratio of 75/25 (cotton/stabraq). The improved stabraq fibers, scoured and bleached cotton and the blended fibers were spun into fine yarns and then they were subjected to dyeing with two types of reactive dyes namely, cold brand and high exhaustion brand reactive dye at...

In February 2018, foliar chlorosis and vein yellowing symptoms (Fig. 1) were observed in a nursery Bloomington, Minnesota, USA Asclepias curassavica plants grown from stem cuttings originating Houston, Texas. Filamentous virus-like particles 12 nm diameter length ranging approximately 750–800 by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) negatively stained partially purified leaf tissue extracts (A...