Viruses and viroids of stone fruits in Syria |
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| Authors: | F Ismaeil A Myrta N Abou Ghanem-Sabanadzovic S Al Chaabi V Savino |
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| Institution: | Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Bari (Italy);e-mail:;Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Hijaz Square, Damascus (Syria);Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante e Microbiologia Applicata, Universitàdegli Studi and Istituto di Virologia Vegetale del CNR, Sezione di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari (Italy) |
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| Abstract: | Field surveys were carried out in the main stone fruit-growing areas of Syria to evaluate the sanitary status of mother blocks, varietal collections and commercial orchards. The presence of virus and virus-like diseases was checked by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), sap transmission to herbaceous hosts, testing on the woody indicators Prunus persica cv. GF 305 and Prunus serrulata cv. Kwanzan and dot-blot hybridization tests. A total of 1337 samples was tested by ELISA (444 apricot, 283 peach, 246 cherry, 222 almond and 142 plum). The overall mean infection rate was 13%, and the percentage infection level of single species was: peach 24%, cherry 16%, almond 13.5%, apricot 6%, plum 5%. The following viruses and viroids were detected: PNRSV, PDV, ACLSV, PPV, ApMV, PLMVd and HSVd 1 . |
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