PRODUCT NAME

Oat Mosaic Bymovirus

SOURCE ANTIBODY

Rabbit polyclonal antibody for both capture and detection.

TEST FORMAT

DAS ELISA                                   

REACTIVITY

 The test reacted with all OMV isolates tested. Reaction of the ELISA relative strong.  Optical Density at 405nm  is in arrange of 0.690 - 2.660 depending on the virus titer in the samples tested.

SENSITIVITY

Sensitivity of the ELISA is relative high.  The virus can be consistently detected in infected plant tissues diluted at 1:810.

SPECIFICITY

There is no cross reaction with healthy plant  tissues. Background reaction is very low on all of  the negative control wells in ELISA.

NAME

Oat Mosaic Bymovirus

ACRONYM

OMV

SYNONYMS

soil-borne oat mosaic virus (Macfarlane et al. 1968)

GROUP/GENUS

Potyviridae

INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIRUS

Vector:  Transmitted by a vector; a fungus; Plasmodiophorales; Polymyxa graminis.
Main natural host plants: Avena spp.Virus Infection: Causes mottling symptoms. Symptoms persist.
Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms: Avena sativa - mottling, especially in the first leaves.
Geographical distribution: Spreads in the UK and the USA.