Preliminary studies were run to determine the sensitivity and
reliability of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the
detection of potato virus X (PVX). ELISA was found to be capable of
detecting PVX in tobacco at a 1:3333 sample dilution. The reliability
of ELISA for the detection of PVX in potato...
The lentil strain of pea seedborne mosaic virus, PSbMV-L, was
distinguished from the standard isolates of PSbMV by a natural inoculum
reservoir in lentil seed and by separate resistance genes in Pisum
and Lens. PSbMV-L was intermediate in symptom severity between the
standard and New Zealand isolates of PSbMV.
Seed...