Вирус мозаики турнепса передается семенами

Seeds were collected from infected by Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) susceptible and tolerant Brassica plants to determine transmission of the virus with seeds. Presence of TuMV was diagnosed visually, ELISA, RT-PCR and indicator plants reaction (Holmes’ method). All diagnostic methods showed that up to 40 % of the seeds contained TuMV. Individual embryos contained virus infection as well that shows the possibility of transmission through inner seed contamination. For the first time, we found plant-genotype depended transmission of TuMV strain I2 with the seeds of brassicas.