Detection of potyviruses in yam plants cultivated in Japan
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- H. FURUYA; H. NAITO; K.T. NATSUAKI; S. FUJI
- Source
- Japanese Journal of Phytopathology. 2001, 67(3):261
- Subject
- Japanese yam mosaic virus
RT-PCR
Yam mild mosaic virus
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0031-9473
1882-0484
Yam mild mosaic virus (YMMV) was detected by RT-PCR from Dioscorea alata plants infected with Japanese yam mosaic virus (JYMV). The infection with YMMV was further comfirmed by nucleotide sequencing of the 3'-terminal region of the virus. RT-PCR assay for 52 D. japonica, 39 D. opposita, 9 D. alata plants with virus-like symptoms indicated that YMMV and JYMV were detected, but Yam mosaic virus was not detected from yam plants in Japan.