No Seed Transmission of Plum Pox Virus in Japanese Apricot

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
NII recode ID (NCID) AA0068709X
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In Japan, a recent outbreak of the plum pox virus (PPV)-D strain in Japanese apricot has caused serious plant quarantine concerns. The vertical transmission of the virus from infected Japanese apricot trees to seedlings was investigated in one major cultivar (‘Nanko’) and two minor cultivars (‘Baigo’ and ‘Komukai’), by immunochromatographic assays using young leaves from 2-month-old seedlings. No PPV-positive seedlings were found among 328 ‘Nanko’, 61 ‘Baigo’, and 8 ‘Komukai’ seedlings. The results indicated that the PPV-D strain in Japan is not vertically transmitted from infected ‘Nanko’ plants to seedlings. Further experiments are needed to test other cultivars, including ‘Baigo’ and ‘Komukai’.

Date of issued
Creator Toru IWANAMI Kenta TOMIMURA
Subject

plant quarantine

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Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
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NII resource type vocabulary Journal Article
Volume 51
Issue 3
spage 217
epage 220
DOI 10.6090/jarq.51.217
Rights Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Language eng

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