Nomenclature of grapevine leafroll-associated putative closteroviruses

Authors

  • D. Boscia
  • C. Greif
  • P. Gugerli
  • G. P. Martelli
  • B. Walter
  • D. Gonsalves

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5073/vitis.1995.34.171-175

Keywords:

closterovirus, leafroll, corky bark, serology, immunoblotting, immunoelectron microscopy

Abstract

Comparative immunoenzymatic (ELISA), immunoelectron microscopic (IEM) and immunoblotting tests were carried out with antisera produced in different laboratories and commercial diagnostic kits on closterolike viruses reported in the literature under the name of grapevine corky bark-associated virus (GCBaV) and grapevine leafroll-associated viruses IIa and IIb (GLRaV IIa and GLRaV IIb). The results of these studies have established that GCBaV is the same as GLRaV IIb and that both viruses are apparently identical to an isolate of GLRaV-2 identified in France, whose designation as the authentic GLRaV 2 is proposed. GLRaV IIa is serologically distinct from all known clostero-like viruses of the grapevine and, therefore, the provisional name of grapevine leafroll-associated Virus 6 (GLRaV-6) is suggested for it.

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2015-08-14

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