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Tests for resistance to white clover mosaic virus in red and white clover
Author(s) -
SCOTT S. W.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1982.tb01953.x
Subject(s) - biology , cultivar , white (mutation) , virus , alfalfa mosaic virus , trifolium repens , plant virus , mosaic virus , botany , agronomy , horticulture , virology , coat protein , gene , biochemistry , rna
SUMMARY A range of red and white clover cultivars was tested for immunity to white clover mosaic virus. All plants became infected although some showed no symptoms. Enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunosorbent electron microscopy (ISEM) revealed significant differences in virus concentration between red clover cultivars and between clones of white clover artificially infected with the virus. These differences could not, however, be related to relative yield losses.