Reference Report for SoyBase68981125
| Title: | Legume virus research in Canada a retrospective and a view of the future |
| Authors: | Hamilton, R.I. |
| Source: | Can. J. Plant Pathol. 1997, 19(2):208-214 |
| Abstract: | Since 1970, approximately 100 research papers have been published in refereed scientific journals on viruses infecting legumes (primarily lucerne, bean, pea, soyabean and sweetclover) in Canada. Seventy-three percent of this research was done in university laboratories (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, McGill, Toronto and Western Ontario) and the remainder was done by the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Harrow, Ottawa and Vancouver). Important contributions from this research included first reports of viruses new to Canada (pea seed-borne mosaic potyvirus, lucerne transient streak sobemovirus, red clover necrotic mosaic dianthovirus and sweetclover necrotic mosaic dianthovirus (SCNMV)); distribution and cytopathology of viruses in seed and pollen (alfalfa mosaic alfamovirus and tobacco ringspot nepovirus); detection of infectious viruses on the surface of pollen and its possible role in pollen transmission of viruses; the first report and characterization of defective (D) RNAs in potexviruses (clover yellow mosaic potexvirus (CYMV)); construction of infective transcripts and analysis of genetic determinants in viral genomic RNA (SCNMV) and D RNA (CYMV); helper virus-mediated local, but not systemic, movement of bean southern mosaic sobemovirus in a resistant host and production of polyclonal antisera and monoclonal antibodies for improved diagnosis of virus diseases. A pessimistic view is presented for future research on legume viruses in Canada |
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