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Trends in France for the use of the ELISA method in routine seed‐potato testing and problems of cross reactions between potato viruses A and Y 1
Author(s) -
DELTOUR A.,
GUILLOU M.,
KERLAN C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1987.tb00009.x
Subject(s) - horticulture , biology
Like other seed‐potato‐producing countries, France has now been using ELISA for many years and this method is now totally integrated into the French laboratory test system. It is applied on an occasional or systematic basis at all stages of genealogical selection, and provides complete satisfaction owing especially to its flexibility. An occasional difficulty has been cross reaction between potato viruses A and Y, and the causes and remedies of this are examined. An ELISA serum production unit was set up in early 1985 to provide for French needs and to allow for the possibility of extension of the method to other pathogens than viruses.