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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of potato viruses S and M in potato tubers

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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with alkaline phosphatase successfully detected potato virus S (PVS) and potato virus M (PVM) in secondarily infected tubers of some Dutch potato cultivars. Extinction was higher for PVS than for PVM but values for both declined slightly within 8 weeks of lifting and it is suggested that testing be carried out within this period. Values (A405) of ELISA reactions between healthy and infected tubers were statistically significant and storage at 4° or 20°C had no effect on detectability of the viruses.

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Aardappelvirus S kon zowel in knollen van oogst 1978, die gedurende 49 weken bij 4°C waren bewaard en waarvan de kiemrust reeds was verbroken, als in knollen van oogst 1979, die bij 4° of 20°C waren bewaard en nog in de kiemrust verkeerden, tot 8 weken na rooien betrouwbaar met ELISA worden aangetoond. Aardappelvirus M kon eveneens met ELISA betrouwbaar worden aangetoond in knollen van oogst 1979, bewaard bij 4° of 20°C, tot 8 weken na het rooien.

De extinctiewaarden voor aardappelvirus S waren hoger dan die voor aardappelvirus M. De waarden voor beide virussen vertoonden een daling gedurende de onderzoekperiode (tot 8 weken na rooien). Er kon geen effect van de bewaartemperatuur (4° en 20°C) op de aantoonbaarheid van de virussen worden aangetoond. Geen verschillen werden waargenomen tussen de extinctiewaarden van het sap uit navel- en krooneinden van de knollen, die nog in de kiemrust verkeerden.

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Guest worker from April–September 1979 as a fellow of the International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands, from the Agricultural Research Centre, Yanco, NSW 2703, Australia.

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De Bokx, J.A., Piron, P.G.M. & Cother, E. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of potato viruses S and M in potato tubers. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 86, 285–290 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01977283

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