Table 3.
Detection of CBSD-causing viruses in the sampled plants collected from C1 and N1
| Experiment | CBSD score | Number of plants (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of plants tested | CBSV (%) | UCBSV (%) | CBSVs Co-infection (%) | CBSVs negative (%) | Possible CBSVs escapes* (%) | ||
| C1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 0 | |
| All | 78 | 15 (19.2) | 6 (7.7) | 48 (61.5) | 9 (11.5) | 0 (0) | |
| N1 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 15 |
| 3 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| All | 90 | 26 (28.9) | 3 (3.3) | 40 (44.4) | 21 (23.3) | 15 (16.7) | |
* Plants which were CBSD symptom free and CBSV or UCBSV negative according to real-time RT-PCR