Abstract
Cardamom being a perennial and propagated vegetatively, Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) in cardamom spreads mainly through infected material. A reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay was developed for easy and quick detection of the virus. The following conditions proved optimal for amplification: 4 mM of magnesium sulphate, 1.2 M of betaine, 65 °C, and 1 h of reaction time. The results were assessed visually by turbidity and green fluorescence (induced by adding manganese chloride and calcein) in the reaction tube and also by gel electrophoresis. The assay successfully detected the virus in infected plants whereas no cross-reaction was recorded with healthy plants. The detection limit for RT-LAMP was up to 100 times that for conventional RT-PCR and on a par with that for real-time RT-PCR. The assay was validated by testing field samples of cardamom plants from different cardamom-growing tracts in Kerala, India.
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We thank Department of Biotechnology, Government of India for financial support, National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy, India for providing BBrMV specific polyclonal antiserum, and Distributed Information Sub Centre and Director, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode, India for providing facilities.
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Siljo, A., Bhat, A.I. Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Banana bract mosaic virus in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum). Eur J Plant Pathol 138, 209–214 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-013-0318-0
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