Plant Pathology (1997) 46, 523-529

V.K. Baranwal and H.N. Verma (1997)
Characteristics of a virus inhibitor from the leaf extract of Celosia cristata
Plant Pathology 46 (4), 523-529
Abstract: A virus inhibitor in Celosia was shown to have moderate thermal stability and resistance to dilution and drying. It was non-dialysable and non-sedimentable and showed glycoproteinaceous characteristics with a molecular weight between 21 000 and 22 000. The inhibitory activity was not reversible by simultaneous application of actinomycin-D to the leaf surface of Nicotiana glutinosa and the virus was fully recovered from a mixture of tobacco mosaic virus and inhibitor, indicating that the inhibitor did not appear to act on the virus directly but interfered with virus establishment in the host.
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Database assignments for author(s): Virendra Kumar Baranwal

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tobacco mosaic virus		India