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Viruses in Salix grown for bioenergy
Author(s) -
Kopp R. F.,
Castello J. D.,
Abrahamson L. P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1999.tb01209.x
Subject(s) - biology , willow , chenopodium , cutting , chenopodium quinoa , zucchini yellow mosaic virus , cucumber mosaic virus , bioenergy , botany , clone (java method) , plant virus , horticulture , virus , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biofuel , weed , dna , genetics
Summary A study was completed to determine if willows propagated vegetatively for bioenergy in New York State were infected by viruses. Unrooted, dormant cuttings from 10 willow clones were planted in a greenhouse. Four months later the young foliage and roots were tested for tomato mosaic tobamovirus, tobacco necrosis necrovirus (TNV), and brome mosaic bromovirus by double‐antibody sandwich enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. All three viruses were detected in the roots of some plants, but rarely in foliage. Every clone was infected with at least one virus. Tobacco mosaic virus and TNV were also transmitted to Chenopodium quinoa from extracts of roots collected from field‐grown willows. Imported willow material may be virus‐infected.