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Infection of sugar beet roots by beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) was investigated with transmission electron microscopy, immunogold labelling and enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA). Here we show that infection of sugar beet roots is very fast, occurring during germination. Seedlings grown directly in infected soil showed higher BNYVV infection than plants transplanted into infected soil after seven days of initial growth in sterilized soil. The earlier the initial infection, the faster was its spread. The study showed that a few differentiated cells of the cortex and of the xylem parenchyma were the preferred sites of viral multiplication. The spread of viral infection was slow through differentiated tissues. Intact virions were frequently found in undifferentiated and mature vessel elements and xylem parenchyma, whereas they were rare in sieve elements. Virus particle number in the differentiating tracheary elements was high, suggesting that infection of the vessel elements preceded their differentiation. This would explain increased infection after early inoculation. Even the xylem tissue of the primary root was highly infected, the seedlings lacked virus particles in their hypocotyls and leaves.
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Dubois, F., Sangwan, R.S. & Sangwan-Norreel, B.S. Spread of beet necrotic yellow vein virus in infected seedlings and plants of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Protoplasma 179, 72–82 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01360738
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