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The Role of Maize in the Epidemiology of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus in Northeast Spain
Author(s) -
Comas J.,
Pons X.,
Albajes R.,
Plumb R. T.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1993.tb01382.x
Subject(s) - barley yellow dwarf , biology , luteovirus , crop , virus , veterinary medicine , poaceae , plant virus , virology , agronomy , medicine
Barley yellow dwarf virus has been detected in maize by indirect enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and by immunospecific electron microscopy (ISEM). Samples of maize collected in September 1988, 1989 and 1990 showed that this crop is an important reservoir of BYDV; MAV‐like isolates were the most common although PAV‐like and RPV‐like isolates were also present. Earlier research in Spain had shown that PAV‐like isolates were predominant. Thus the evidence from this work that MAV was the main isolate, and very widely spread, is important for future research on BYDV epidemiology in Spain.