Detection of arabis mosaic virus using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Authors

  • Ulrike Ipach
  • B. Altmayer
  • K. W. Eichhorn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5073/vitis.1992.31.213-219

Keywords:

polymerase chain reaction, arabis mosaic virus, nepovirus, virus detection, grapevine fanleaf virus, Chenopodium quinoa, Vitis vinifera

Abstract

A new method is described for detecting arabis mosaic virus (ArMV) in infected plants. Specific sequences of ArMV-RNA present in total nucleic acid extracts of infected Vitis vinifera or Chenopodium quinoa were initially reverse-transcribed into a complementary DNA (cDNA), then amplified by PCR using specific oligonucleotide-primers. Different primer combinations distinguished between an ArMV infection and an infection with grapevine fanleaf or raspberry ringspot virus. The amount of nucleic acids obtained from 5 mg grapevine leaves resp. 1 mg leaves of Ch. quinoa were sufficient for detecting ArMV.

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2015-10-09

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