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Table 2 Some examples of in vitro chemotherapy followed by thermotherapy for virus eradication

From: In vitro thermotherapy-based methods for plant virus eradication

Plant species and cultivars or genotypes

Viruses

Antiviral chemicals (mg/L)

Survival of the treated shoots (%)

Survival of shoot tips (%)

Virus-free frequency (%)

References

Herbaceous crops

Garlic (10 accessions)

OYDV, LYSV, GCLV, shallot latent virus (SLV) and MbFV

Ribavirin (50)

NT

NT

100 (OYDV, SLV and LYSV), 90 (GLCV) and 88 (MbFV)

[12]

Oca (8 accessions), ulluco (5 accessions), arracacha ‘Racacha Blanca’

Papaya mosaic virus (PapMV), arracacha virus B (AVB) and ullucus mild mottle virus (UMMV) in Oca; PapMV, ullucus virus C (UVC), UMMV, ullucus mosaic virus (UMV) in ulluco; arracacha A virus (AVA) in arracacha

Ribavirin (50)

≥ 80%

NT

(% not specified) free of viruses in 7 accessions, and still infected with UMMV in one accession in oca, free of viruses in 5 accessions in ulluco, and free of virus in arracacha

[30]

Potato ‘Baraka’

PVY

Ribavirin (20)

NT

NT

83

[74]

Potato ‘F9-99’

PLRV and PVY

Ribavirin (20)

45–85

NT

26–60 (PLRV)

98–100 (PVY)

[49]

Potato ‘Diamond’

PVY

Ribavirin (20)

26

NT

43

[64]

Begonia × semperflorens

PNRSV

Ribavirin (20)

NT

NT

58

[63]

Chrysanthemum ‘Regol Time’

Chrysanthemum B virus (CVB)

2-Thiouracil (40)

NT

NT

27

[28]

Chrysanthemum ‘Regol Time’

Tomato aspermy virus (TAV)

Ribavirin (10)

NT

NT

52

[91]

Herbaceous crops

Cassava ‘Cidade Rica’, ‘Riqueza II’, ‘Mandioca Lagoa’, ‘CM-425/7’, ‘Sabará’, ‘Sauma’

Cassava frogskin disease (CFSD) and cassava vein mosaic virus (CsVMV)

Tetracycline (5–15)

100

NT

100 (CFSD)

98 (CsVMV)

[54]

Woody plants

Apple ‘JonagoId’, pear ‘Pierre Corneille’, raspberry ‘Norna’

ACLSV and ASGV in apple, ACLSV in pear and raspberry vein chlorosis virus (RVCV) in raspberry

Ribavirin (50)

42 (apple), 80 (pear) and 34 (raspberry)

NT

100 (ACLSV and ASGV in apple), 83 (ACLSV in pear), 89 (RVCV in raspberry)

[71]

Apple ‘Xinhongjiangjun’

ASPV, ASGV and ACLSV

Ribavirin (25)

90

59 (apical shoots) and 100 (axillary shoots)

94 (apical shoots)

100 (axillary shoots)

[31]

Pear ‘Pierre Corneille’

ACLSV

Ribavirin (50)

71

NT

90

[26]

Pear ‘Jinshui no. 2’

ASGV, ACLSV

Ribavirin (25)

100

71

100

[61]

  1. NT not tested