Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Establishing serological host range of major temperate fruit viruses
Author(s): Shelly Kapoor, Abhilasha Sharma, Bunty Shylla and Anil Handa
Abstract: Young plants of standard and new cultivars of apple, peach, pear, plum, apricot, kiwifruit and strawberry growing in an experimental orchard in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh were visually indexed for observing typical symptoms caused by major viruses like apple mosaic virus (ApMV), apple chlorotic leafspot virus (ACLSV), apple stem pitting virus (ASPV), apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) and prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) in these commercial fruit crops. With the objective of characterizing the associated viruses, samples were drawn from symptomatic plants for serological detection of these viruses in infected plants. Since majority of the viruses in temperate fruit crops are of latent nature, appearance of visual symptoms alone is not sufficient enough to be considered as an affirmative criteria for establishing the identity of major viruses in these crops. These studies observed DAS-ELISA to be an efficient tool for confirming the association of these viruses. Results of DAS-ELISA revealed that ApMV was detected in all temperate fruits, ACLSV in apple, pear and strawberry, ASPV in apple, pear, peach, plum and strawberry and PNRSV in peach, plum and strawberry. However, ASGV was not found in any test sample. The findings of these studies present an overview of the status of major viruses of temperate fruits in this region.
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Shelly Kapoor, Abhilasha Sharma, Bunty Shylla, Anil Handa. Establishing serological host range of major temperate fruit viruses. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):1900-1903.
