Darcy M. Silva
SUMMARY
This paper reports the obtention of an antiserum against cassava mosaic virus.
Two rabbits wers immunized with 12 intravenous injections of clarified juice from Euphorbia infected with cassava mosaic virus, applied at 3 day intervals. The sera were collected after 10 days of rest and precipitin tests were made at 37ºC.
As antigen for the tests were used clarified juices from healthy and infected Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq.tManihot utilissima Pohl., Chenopodium amaranticolor Coste et Reyn., Chenopodium quinoa willd. and eventually purified virus preparations from Euphorbia.
The results obtained and presented in table 1 show induced antibody formation.
The reactions against the antiserum absorbed with clarified juice from healthy Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq. were positive with clarified juice from four diseased plants in a dilution between 1:8 to 1:64. All control preparations gave negative reaction.
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Recebida para publicação em 7 de junho de 1962
Obtenção do antissoro contra o vírus do mosaico da mandioca
Datas de Publicação
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Publicação nesta coleção
02 Mar 2010 -
Data do Fascículo
1962
