TABLE 1.
Quantitative analysis of PLMVd in peach tissue
| Peach cultivar | Infected plants | Ratio of linear to circular strandsa
|
Quantity per mg of tissuesb
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus | Minus | Plus | Minus | ||
| Hardired | + | 13:1 | 13:1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Siberian C | + | 12:1 | 16:1 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Redhaven | + | 9:1 | 14:1 | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Redgold | + | 16:1 | 14:1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Agua | + | 8:1 | 12:1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Harrow Beauty | + | 8:1 | 15:1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Bailey | − | ||||
| Siberian C | − | ||||
| GF-305 | − | ||||
a
The proportions of linear versus circular PLMVd strands of both polarities were estimated by the quantification of Northern blot hybridizations.
b
The quantity of PLMVd (in nanograms per milligram of tissue) was determined by dot blot hybridization.