Heat and freezing pre-thermal treatments as a means of freeing potatoes from mosaic virus and its effects on potato plants quality characters

Authors

  • N. A. Younes Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University (Assiut Branch),71524 Assiut, Egypt.
  • M. M. El-Sheikh Aly Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University (Assiut Branch), 71524 Assiut, Egypt.
  • M. H. Aboul-Nasr Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, 71526 Assiut, Egypt.

Keywords:

Potato, Solanum tuberosum, viral diseases, thermal treatment, freezing treatments

Abstract

The aim of the study was to control of potato mosaic virus by using hot-air, hot-water and freezing as a physical pre-thermal treatments. Infected tubers of Lady Rosetta and Mondial potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars were treated by hot-air and hot-water treatments at 55± 2 ̊ C and freezing treatment at -18±2 ̊ C for 1, 2, 3 and 4 hours.  Hot-air and freezing treatments showed complete elimination of mosaic virus from treated tubers. Hot-water treatment caused tuber damage at different exposure times. In this respect, hot-air treatment at 55± 2 ̊ C and freezing treatment at -18±2 ̊ C for two hours gave the best results of eliminating the virus from tubers and did not affect on economic characters of potato cultivars. 

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Downloads

Published

2014-09-02

How to Cite

Younes, N. A., El-Sheikh Aly, M. M., & Aboul-Nasr, M. H. (2014). Heat and freezing pre-thermal treatments as a means of freeing potatoes from mosaic virus and its effects on potato plants quality characters. Journal of Phytopathology and Disease Management, 1(2), 44–52. Retrieved from https://www.ppmj.net/index.php/ppdj/article/view/14

Issue

Vol. (1), Issue (2)

Section

Research Articles

License

Click here for more information on Licensing policy