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Monitoring current season potato leafroll virus movement with an immunosorbent direct tissue blotting assay

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A direct tissue blotting assay (DTBA) was used to track the movement of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) from newly infected foliage to the tubers. Plant and tuber characteristics were recorded to assess plant growth stage at inoculation and PLRV effect on yield. Russet Burbank potatoes were planted at different times in 1991 and 1992 to provide plants of different maturities which were then inoculated using PLRV carrying aphids. Aphids were allowed to feed two to three days after which an insecticide was applied. Stems and tubers were tested periodically for PLRV with DTBA after inoculation. Indexed tubers were grown out and ELISA tested in the greenhouse the following winter to confirm results of summer serological tests. Plant age affected percentages more consistently than did inoculation date. When plants approximately 43 days from planting were inoculated at different dates, early inoculation produced a higher percentage of infected plants. Conversely, when plants approximately 62 days from planting were inoculated at different dates, late inoculation resulted in a higher percentage of infected plants. However, early inoculation of young plants resulted in the highest infection percentages. Tuber size and yield were negatively affected by higher percentages of leafroll regardless of the stage of growth at inoculation. DTBA is best used for detecting PLRV in foliage of plants grown from infected tubers (i.e. secondary PLRV). DTBA is less accurate for detecting primary PLRV.

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Una técnica de absorción directa de tejidos (direct tissue blotting assay — DTBA) fue usada para rastrear el movimiento del Virus del Enrollamiento de la Hoja de la Papa (PLRV) del follaje recién infectado hasta los tubérculos. Se registraron las características tanto de las plantas como de los tubérculos, a fin de calcular la etapa del crecimiento de las plantas al inocularse, y los efectos del PLRV sobre el rendimiento. Las papas Russet Burbank fueron sembradas en diferentes épocas en 1991 y 1992 para proveer plantas de diferentes maduraciones, las cuales fueron entonces inoculadas con áfidos portadores de PLRV. A los áfidos se les permitió alimentarse durante dos o tres días y después se les aplicaba un insecticida. Los tallos y tubérculos fueron examinados periódicamente a fin de detectar la presencia de PLRV usando DTBA después de inocularse. El invierno siguiente los tubérculos indexados fueron cultivados y sometidos a la prueba de ELISA en el invernadero para confirmar los resultados de las pruebas serológicas del verano. La edad de las plantas afectó los porcentajes más consistementement que la fecha de su inoculación. Cuando las plantas a 43 días de ser sembradas fueron inoculadas en diferentes fechas, la inoculación temprana produjo un porcentaje más alto de plantas infectadas. Al contrario, cuando las plantas fueron inoculadas aproximadamente 62 días de ser sembradas en diferentes fechas, la inoculación tardía produjo un porcentaje más alt de plantas infectadas. Sin embargo, la inoculación temprana de plantas juveniles dio como resultado los porcentajes de infección más altos. El tamaño de los tubérculos y su rendimiento fueron afectados negativamente por porcentajes mayores del Enrollamiento de la Hoja de Papa cualquiera que fuera la etapa de crecimiento al inocularse. El DTBA trae mejores resultados cuando se usa para detectar PLVR en el follaje de plantas cultivadas de tubérculos infectados (i.e. PLVR secundario). El DTBA es menos preciso en el caso de la detección del PLVR primario.

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Technical Paper No. 10960. Agricultural Experiment Station, Corvallis, OR 97331.

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Whitworth, J.L., Mosley, A.R. & Reed, G.L. Monitoring current season potato leafroll virus movement with an immunosorbent direct tissue blotting assay. Am. J. Pot Res 77, 1–9 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853656

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