Testing Methods for Seed-Transmitted Viruses: Principles and Protocols

by S E Albrechtsen

Overview

Yield losses and reduced crop quality, caused by plant viruses are an increasing problem. Several important plant viruses are, in addition to their sap and vector transmission, also transmitted through seed. Seed transmission of plant pathogens plays an important role for the early outbreak of disease in a crop, for the survival of inoculum from one crop season to the next, and for its international dispersal. Freedom from seedborne viral infection can be revealed by certain seed health testing methods. This book provides a practical guide to the commonly used detection methods for seed-transmitted viruses and viroids affecting both tropical and non-tropical crops.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851990163
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	01/05/2006
Series:	Cabi Series
Edition description:	SPIRAL
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART I
Introduction
Seed transmission of viruses
Ecology, epidemiology and control
PART II
Biological assays
Serological testing methods
Nucleic acid-based testing methods
Nucleic acid hybridization
Epilogue
Appendix 1. List of seed-transmitted viruses and viroids
Appendix 2. Reagents, solutions and buffers
Appendix 3. Suppliers of laboratory equipment and materials