Background: Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) has a viral aetiology and is caused by viruses belonging to the genus Ipomovirus (family Potyviridae), Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV). Molecular and serological methods are available for detection, discrimination and quantification of cassava brown streak viruses (CBSVs) in infected plants. However, precise determination of the viral RNA localization in infected host tissues is still not possible pending appropriate methods.
Results: We have developed an in situ hybridization (ISH) assay based on RNAscope® technology that allows the sensitive detection and localization of CBSV RNA in plant tissues. The method was initially developed in the experimental host Nicotiana rustica and was then further adapted to cassava. Highly sensitive and specific detection of CBSV RNA was achieved without background and hybridization signals in sections prepared from non-infected tissues. The tissue tropism of CBSV RNAs appeared different between N. rustica and cassava.
Conclusions: This study provides a robust method for CBSV detection in the experimental host and in cassava. The protocol will be used to study CBSV tropism in various cassava genotypes, as well as CBSVs/cassava interactions in single and mixed infections.
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