- Methods for the detection of solanaceous viroids affecting tomato have been developed and validated.
- Transmission of CLVd from seed lots known to carry inoculum remains unproven.
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Date:
01 October 2008 - 21 January 2011
Funders:
AHDB Horticulture
Project leader:
ADRIAN FOX, FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
About this project
- i) Overall aim of the project
- To improve the control of seed-borne tomato viroids.
- ii) Specific objectives
- To validated of methods for the detection of the major tomato viroid diseases.
- To determine the type and frequency of seed-borne transmission.
- To investigate the efficacy of seed treatments for viroid control.
- To investigate the detection of latent infection in tomato seedlings.