Table 3. Infectivity of SLCMV in transgenic and wild type cassava plants using mechanical inoculation with infectious clone.
Plant line | Plants infected/inoculated | Plants infected (%) | Symptoms | |
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Expt.1 | Expt.2 | |||
WT | 3/3 | 3/4 | 85.7 | Severe stunting, leaf curl, chlorosis |
K3 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 71.4 | Severe stunting, chlorosis |
K4 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 14.3 | Faint mosaic on leaf |
K6 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 14.3 | Faint mosaic on leaf |
K7 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 14.3 | Faint mosaic on leaf |
K9 | 2/3 | 0/4 | 28.6 | Faint mosaic on leaf |
K10 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 14.3 | Faint mosaic on leaf |