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Testing Methods for Seed-Transmitted Viruses: Principles and Protocols
S E Albrechtsen
CABI
January 2006
Paperback 288 pp ISBN 9780851990163
£59.00
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This practical guide covers the commonly used detection methods for seed-transmitted viruses and viroids
that affect both tropical and temperate crops. It contains 25 complete step-by-step procedures for biological,
serological and molecular techniques to detect and identify such viruses. Combining helpful practical notes with
more detailed explanations of the principles behind the techniques, the book describes the general characteristics
of seed-transmitted viral diseases and discusses outlines for the organization and interpretation of seed health assays.
The techniques reviewed are also applicable to non-seed-transmitted viral agents.
Readership: Students and researchers in seed science and technology, and plant pathology.
Contents
PART I
- Introduction
- Seed transmission of viruses
- Ecology, epidemiology and control
PART II
- Biological assays
- Serological testing methods
- Nucleic acid-based testing methods
- Nucleic acid hybridization
- Epilogue
Appendix 1. List of seed-transmitted viruses and viroids
Appendix 2. Reagents, solutions and buffers
Appendix 3. Suppliers of laboratory equipment and materials
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