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Trials of greenhouse indexing for the detection of major apple viruses
Article number
1413_17
Pages
139 – 142
Language
English
Abstract
Indexing trials have been carried out in the greenhouse to detect some important viruses infecting apple.
Potted plants of ‘Virginia Crab’, ‘Radiant’, ‘Spy 227’ and ‘R12740-7A’ indicator cultivars were graft-inoculated with different sources of ASGV, ASPV and ACLSV. After infection with a specific virus, indicators reacted with diagnostic symptoms in a reliable way just after a few weeks/months, greatly reducing the time required by the traditional field indexing.
The results obtained confirmed the validity of moving the bioindexing for these viruses from open field to a greenhouse controlled environment.
Potted plants of ‘Virginia Crab’, ‘Radiant’, ‘Spy 227’ and ‘R12740-7A’ indicator cultivars were graft-inoculated with different sources of ASGV, ASPV and ACLSV. After infection with a specific virus, indicators reacted with diagnostic symptoms in a reliable way just after a few weeks/months, greatly reducing the time required by the traditional field indexing.
The results obtained confirmed the validity of moving the bioindexing for these viruses from open field to a greenhouse controlled environment.
Authors
L. Monducci, R. Credi, M. Cardoni, E. Tura, R. Bissani, W. De Cesari, C. Ratti, M. Pancaldi
Keywords
ASGV, ASPV, ACLSV, detection, woody indicators
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