Molecular Analysis of New Crimean Isolates of the Plum Pox Virus
Journal: Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin
Year: 2020

Molecular analysis of new isolates of the plum pox virus (PPV) found in the gene pool collections of peach, apricot, and plum from the Nikitsky Botanical Garden (National Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences), as well as on wild cherry plum trees in the surrounding area, has been carried out. Using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, 19 new PPV isolates have been detected. Most of them belonged to the strain D; single isolates of the