Studies on the Isolation of Carnation Ringspot Virus by cDNA Hybridization Analysis and Serology
Abstract: A virus isolate (w) has been obtained from the Oker river in W.Germany. The isolate was identified as Carnation ringspot virus (CarRSV) by means of inoculation on the test plant, electron microscopy, dot blot hybridization and serology.The molecular weight of the coat protein is 3.8×10~4. Northern blot analysis revealed that the two RNA species of the virus which consisted of c. 3.7 and 1.5kb, respectively, but without base sequence homology.