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Response of UK winter wheat cultivars to Soil-borne cereal mosaic and Wheat spindle streak mosaic viruses across Europe.

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Twenty-one UK winter wheat cultivars were grown over three seasons at sites with natural inoculum sources of Soil-borne cereal mosaic virus (SBCMV) and Wheat spindle streak mosaic virus (WSSMV) located in France, Italy and the UK. Plants were assessed visually for virus symptoms and leaf extracts were tested for the presence of each virus using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Cultivars showing little or no foliar symptoms and low levels of virus in leaf tissue were classified as resistant to each virus. All the trials were taken to harvest and agronomic data collected. At the most heavily infected sites, severe symptoms of SBCMV were observed in all UK cultivars except Aardvark, Charger, Claire, Cockpit, Hereward and Xi 19. The latter cultivars exhibited either light or no symptoms and little or no SBCMV infection in leaves. In fields with WSSMV, the virus failed to develop in Italy, but was detected in the leaves of all the susceptible control cultivars at a site in France. However, no UK cultivar tested positive for WSSMV. Multi-site analysis indicated that the presence of WSSMV did not increase the impact of SBCMV on the height, thousand-grain weight or yield of UK cultivars. The wheat cultivars on test gave a similar response to SBCMV across three European countries. Possible sources of SBCMV resistance are discussed.

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This work was completed using funding from the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) and Defra. Thanks are due to L. Ward and N. Boonham for the critical reading of the manuscript. In addition we acknowledge Météo-France/ITCF for the donation of the meteorological data.

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  1. Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK

    G. E. Budge, S. Pietravalle & C. M. Henry

  2. Department of Agroenvironmental Science and Technology, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 40, Bologna, Italy

    C. Ratti & C. Rubies-Autonell

  3. ADAS, Mamhead Castle, Mamhead, Exeter, EX6 8HD, UK

    D. Lockley

  4. ITCF, 45 Voie Romaine, 41240, Ouzouer le Marche, France

    M. Bonnefoy

  5. C.R.A. Experimental Institute for Cereal Research, Via Cassia 176, 00191, Rome, Italy

    V. Vallega

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Budge, G.E., Ratti, C., Rubies-Autonell, C. et al. Response of UK winter wheat cultivars to Soil-borne cereal mosaic and Wheat spindle streak mosaic viruses across Europe.. Eur J Plant Pathol 120, 259–272 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-007-9214-9

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