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: '''Tobacco mosaic virus''' damages the [[leaf|leaves]] reducing [[photosynthesis]] and therefore slowing the growth of the [[plant]].
: '''Tobacco mosaic virus''' can be spread by contact between an [[infection|infected]] and a [[health]]y [[plant]] and by [[animal]] [[Vector (Disease)|vectors]].
: There is no treatment for '''tobacco mosaic virus''' so farmers grow strains of resistant [[plant]]s.
: The number of '''tobacco mosaic virus''' [[infection]]s can be reduced by killing the [[animal]] [[Vector (Disease)|vectors]].