The work on group testing described here is complementary to experiments reported previously (M AU xv et al., 1983) dealing with the potential of ELISA in testing soybean seed for soybean mosaic virus. The biological part of this paper (part I) shows that group testing gave similar results when the determination of the percentage of transmission was done using, in a comparative way, groups of 30 embryos, groups of 30 axes or groups of 30 seeds. Whatever the number of infected testas in the groups of 30 seeds, it was possible to prevent the viral antigen from testas from altering the results : indeed, after soaking seeds and grinding them briefly in a blendor, it was observed that only the embryos were ground. These results show that the procedure is practical for routine use. Part II gives mathematical elements allowing an estimate of the percentage of transmission with confidence intervals. Charts enable one to read these values directly for n = 30 seeds per group and N = 10, 30, 60 and 200 groups. An aim of this part was also to guide a good choice of n and N and to plan analyses. These mathematical data could potentially be used for group analysis with any other biological material.
et al.. Factors influencing ELISA evaluation of transmission of pea seed-borne mosaic virus in infected pea seed : seed-group size and seed decortication. Agronomie, EDP Sciences, 1987, 7 (4)
La technique ELISA est utilisée pour évaluer le taux d'infection de lots de graines de soja et de graines de pois, respectivement par le soybean mosaic virus et le pea seed‐borne mosaic virus. Couplée à une méthode d'analyse par groupes, cette technique permet de tester un grand nombre de graines si la précision requise l'exige. Une mise au point préalable est nécessaire pour chaque cultivar à analyser: elle porte sur le nombre maximal de graines par groupe et sur les modalités du broyage dans les conditions de routine. L'analyse des lots de graines peut apporter une double information: lorsque le virus des téguments est pris en compte dans le test, le résultat obtenu est une estimation par défaut du pourcentage de plantes infectées avant la récolte; au contraire, lorsque seul le virus des embryons est dosé, le résultat traduit le pourcentage de sources primaires d'infection lors de la prochaine culture.
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