A Serological Appraisal of the Connection of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Coconut Isolate with the Root (Wilt) Disease of Coconut
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1980
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Highly sensitive and antiserum specific serological tests like double-diffusion plate method, immuno-electrophoresis and immuno-osmophoresis were used to determine the association of TMV-Coconut isolate with the root (wilt) disease of coconut. In all the three tests TMV antiserum reacted only against the TMV antigens. No reaction was evident against healthy coconut samples and root (wilt) disease antigens. Similarly the root (wilt) antiserum reacted only against the root (wilt) diseased samples and not against the TMV-antigens and healthy coconut samples. This specific reaction of each antiserum against its homologous antigens and no reaction against the hetero-logous antigens clearly proves that the TMV-Coconut isolate is not associated with the root (wilt) disease of coconut.
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Phytopath.Z.1980 v.99,p-26-32