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Western blots reveal that grapevine viruses A and B are serologically related

Goszczynski, D. E.,Kasdorf, G. G. F.,Pietersen, G.
Year1996
JournalJournal of Phytopathology
Volume144
Total pages11-12
KeywordsGRAPEVINE, grapevine B trichovirus, grapevine A trichovirus, Trichovirus, ISOLATE, mechanical transmission, plant diseases, plant pathogens, grapes, immunodiagnosis, fruit crops, plant pathology, plant viruses, viruses, Vitis, transmission, VIRUSES, viruses, plant pathogens, pathogens, Vitidaceae, Rhamnales, dicotyledons, angiosperms, Spermatophyta, plants

Abstract

Isolates of grapevine B trichovirus (GBV) and grapevine A trichovirus (GAV) were obtained by mechanical transmission from grapevines to <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>. Western blot studies of these isolates using various antisera to GVB and GVA showed that they are serologically related