The Role of Maize in the Epidemiology of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus in Northeast Spain |
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Authors: | J. Comas X. Pons R. Albajes R. T. Plumb |
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Affiliation: | UPC—IRTA Lleida, Spain |
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Abstract: | Barley yellow dwarf virus has been detected in maize by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and by immunospecific electron microscopy (ISEM). Samples of maize collected in September 1988, 1989 and 1990 showed that this crop is an important reservoir of BYDV; MAV-like isolates were the most common although PAV-like and RPV-like isolates were also present. Earlier research in Spain had shown that PAV-like isolates were predominant. Thus the evidence from this work that MAV was the main isolate, and very widely spread, is important for future research on BYDV epidemiology in Spain. |
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