%0 Journal Article
%T Somatic embryogenesis as a tool for virus elimination in Croatian indigenous grapevine cultivars
%A Bauer
%A Nata£¿a
%A Jagi£¿
%A Mateja
%A Leljak Levani£¿
%A Dunja
%A Malenica
%A Nenad
%A Pavleti£¿
%A Bruno
%A Von£¿ina
%A Darko
%A Zduni£¿
%A Goran
%J -
%D 2020
%R 10.37427/botcro-2020-008
%X Sa£¿etak Most Croatian indigenous grapevine cultivars and vineyards are infected with a few dominant viruses. The goal of this study was to establish somatic embryogenesis as an efficient method for virus elimination from valuable Croatian cultivars and creating a reliable source of healthy plants. Somatic embryogenesis was induced from immature anthers and somatic embryogenesis-derived plantlets for seven indigenous cultivars were successfully regenerated. This procedure led to the elimination of viruses GFLV, GLRaV-1, GLRaV-3 and GFkV that were initially detected in the field-grown cultivars ¡®Plavac mali¡¯ and ¡®Babica¡¯ with an elimination success of at least 30%. The described method has the potential for production of virus-free rooted plantlets for all economically important cultivars or superior cultivar clones and for the establishment of a steady source of certified virus-free planting material
%K Babica
%K Croatian grapevine cultivars
%K plavac mali
%K RT-PCR
%K somatic embryogenesi
%K virus elimination
%K virus-free plants
%K Vitis vinifera L.
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