Main conclusion While transgenic technology has heralded a new era in crop improvement,
several concerns have precluded their widespread acceptance. Alternative technologies …

This review describes in vitro mutation induction methods in fruits and the in vitro selection
procedures available for early screening. Results obtained through in vitro mutation …

Taxonomic relationships P lum pox virus (PPV) is a member of the genus P otyvirus in the
family P otyviridae. PPV diversity is structured into at least eight monophyletic strains …

Transgenic plums containing the plum pox potyvirus coat protein (PPV-CP) gene were
inoculated with PPV. Infection was monitored by evaluating symptoms, ELISA, and IC-RT …

Sharka disease, caused by Plum pox virus (PPV) was first recorded in Bulgaria during the
early twentieth century and since that first report, the disease has progressively spread …

Most of the plums grown commercially are either the hexaploid, Prunus domestica
(European) or the diploid, P. salicina (Asian or Japanese). Common goals of European plum …

Regeneration and transformation systems using mature plant material of woody fruit species
have to be achieved as a necessary requirement for the introduction of useful genes into …

Genetic engineering based on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation has been a
desirable tool to manipulate single or multiple genes of existing genotypes of woody fruit …

One of the challenges being faced in the twenty-first century is the biological control of plant
viral infections. Among the different strategies to combat virus infections, those based on …

Plum pox virus (PPV) causes the most economically-devastating viral disease in Prunus
species. Unfortunately, few natural resistance genes are available for the control of PPV …