Logo of the Information System for Agriculture and Food Research

Information System for Agriculture and Food Research

Information platform of the Federal and State Governments

Development of methods for PCR-based direct detection of three sugar beet viruses in soil samples and for typing of BNYVV isolates to ensure production of healthy sugar beets for bioenergy production

Project

Production processes

This project contributes to the research aim 'Production processes'. Which funding institutions are active for this aim? What are the sub-aims? Take a look:
Production processes


Project code: JKI-EP-08-2219
Contract period: 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2018
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: BNYVV, plant pathogen diagnosis, PCR-based quick method

Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) is the major factor causing Rhizomia disease of sugar beet, however Beet soil-borne virus (BSBV) and/or Beet virus Q (BVQ) are frequently found in infected plants, too. Almost nothing is known so far about their biological role and economic impact on this crop. The ubiquitous soil-borne protist Polymyxa betae is the vector for all three viruses which can keep their infectivy in the resting spores for many years. The projects aims to replace the laborious and time-consuming procedure to determine the infestation rate (BNYVV) of soil samples by a rapid and sensitive PCR-based method allowing the simultanous detection of BNYVV, BSBV, and BVQ. Moreover, a qPCR approach to quantify the BNYVV content in soil samples should be developd and the procedure for pathotyping of BNYVV isolates has to be optimized. Finally, the proportion between the diferent genome components of BNYVV has to be quantified under various conditions (cultivar, root/upper part, soil type etc.)

show more show less

Subjects

Framework programme

BMEL Frameworkprogramme 2008

Advanced Search