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Mechanical transmission of maize rayado fino marafivirus (MRFV) to maize and barley by means of the vascular puncture technique
Author(s) -
MadrizOrdeñana K.,
RojasMontero R.,
Lundsgaard T.,
Ramírez P.,
ThordalChristensen H.,
Collinge D.B.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00447.x
Subject(s) - biology , imbibition , vascular tissue , cultivar , poaceae , transmission (telecommunications) , zea mays , vascular bundle , hordeum vulgare , horticulture , botany , agronomy , germination , electrical engineering , engineering
Maize rayado fino marafivirus (MRFV) was mechanically transmitted to kernels of three Costa Rican maize cultivars by the vascular puncture technique. A transmission rate of up to 43.2% was obtained for cultivar HC‐57. The rate of MRFV transmission to maize was possibly affected by the morphology of the kernel, which may influence physical access to the vascular tissue after water imbibition. Transmission to maize was confirmed by western blot and immunosorbent electron microscopy. By slight modifications of the procedure, MRFV was also transmitted to barley. This is the first report of MRFV infecting a species outside the supertribe Andropogonodae. Virus infection and replication in barley were confirmed by RT‐PCR detection of MRFV RNA and by detection of the virus by ELISA.