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Rupestris stem pitting (RSP) appears to be the most widespread disease of the rugose wood complex of grapevines. In previous work we showed that rupestris stem pitting associated virus-1 (RSPaV-1), an agent that has similarities in genome structure to apple stem pitting virus is associated with RSP (Meng et al., 1997, 1998). To validate the association of RSPaV-1 with RSP, grapevines that had been indexed on the RSP indicator St. George (Vitis rupestris Scheele) were collected from four major grape-growing countries and tested for RSPaV-1 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. Depending on the sets of primers used, we detected RSPaV-1-specific sequences from 85% to nearly 100% of the grapevines that had indexed positive for RSP. These data further demonstrate that RSPaV-1 is closely associated with, and likely to be the causal agent of RSP. We have also shown that RT-PCR is a fast and reliable alternative to biological indexing for the diagnosis of RSP.
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Meng, B., Johnson, R., Peressini, S. et al. Rupestris Stem Pitting Associated Virus-1 is Consistently Detected in Grapevines that are Infected with Rupestris Stem Pitting. European Journal of Plant Pathology 105, 191–199 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008771713839
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