Tomato Black Ring Virus (TBRV) ELISA Kit

Sample

host plants

Intended Use

The test can be used to detect TBRV in infected host plans.

Storage

All reagent components should be stored at the recommended temperature to assure their full shelf life. The kit should be used within six months of purchase.

Sensitivity

Sensitivity of the ELISA is moderately high. The virus can be consistently detected in infected plant leaf tissues diluted at 1:270 - 1:810.

General Description

Tomato black ring virus (TBRV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Secoviridae infecting several hosts including potato, almond, caneberry, strawberry, peach and nectarine, grapes and Narcissus.
TBRV is RNA-containing virus which has isometric particles about 30 nm in diameter and occurs in Europe. It is readily sap-transmissible, has a wide host range, infects the seed of many host plants, and is transmitted in soils by nematodes (Longidorus spp.). In addition to black ring of tomato, the various strains of this virus cause ringspot diseases of bean, sugar beet, lettuce, raspberry and strawberry, yellow vein of celery, 'bouquet' and pseudo-aucuba of potato, shoot-stunting of peach, one type of mosaic of Robinia pseudoacacia and unnamed diseases of leek and onion. It occurs in many other plants, including cabbage, grapevine, lucerne and Sambucus nigra.

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