The plant virus family Flexiviridae includes the definitive genera Potexvirus, Mandarivirus,
Allexivirus, Carlavirus, Foveavirus, Capillovirus, Vitivirus, Trichovirus, the putative genus …

Detection and diagnosis of plant viruses has included serological laboratory tests since the
1960s. Relatively little work was done on serological detection of plant pathogenic bacteria …

Nearly 70 different viruses have been identified in grapevines (Vitis and Muscadinia sp.),
about half of which (31 viruses) are associated with the four major disease complexes …

Cryotherapy of shoot tips is a new method for pathogen eradication based on
cryopreservation techniques. Cryopreservation refers to the storage of biological samples at …

A procedure was developed for simultaneous detection of plant RNA viruses and of plant
RNA, as a control. RT-PCR amplification with primers designed for the detection of the plant …

Methods for the cryopreservation of in vitro-grown shoot tips of grapevine were recently
developed [1, 2]. The present study demonstrates that grapevine virus A (GVA) can be …

Grapevine is one of the plant species most susceptible to virus infections, which cause
several complex diseases. The effects of viruses on grapevine performances are generally …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an attractive approach for studying gene function.
Although the number of virus vectors available for use in VIGS experiments has increased in …

The incidence of grapevine virus A (GVA) is reported from almost all of the major grapevine
growing regions in Iran. Grapevine is vegetatively propagated by rooting of cuttings or …

New virus-like sequences, TvAQ7 and TvP15, were found in a Japanese grapevine
accession of OKY-AQ7 (cv. Aki Queen) and of OKY-P15 (cv. Pione) by nested RT-PCR to …