Rapid Detection of Fruit-Deforming Viruses of Apples
Author: G.I. Mink, W.E. Howell, Guang-Yu Zheng
Published: 1993
Summary: This project explored two methods of rapid detection of plant viruses, 1) double bud innoculation, and 2) RNA hybridization. These methods reduce the indexing time from two years to as few as two days. These methods are used to accellerate introduction of foreign apple cultivars.
