Abstract
SUMMARYAttachment of virus particles to antiserum‐coated electron microscope grids (immunosorbent electron microscopy) provided a test that was at least a thousand times more sensitive than conventional electron microscopy for detecting potato leafroll (PLRV) and potato mop‐top (PMTV) viruses. The identity of the attached virus particles was confirmed by exposing them to additional virus antibody, which coated the particles.PLRV particles (up to 50/μm2 of grid area) were detected in extracts of infected potato leaves and tubers, infected Physalis floridana leaves, and single virus‐carrying aphids. On average, Myzus persicae yielded 10–30 times more PLRV particles than did Macrosiphum euphorbiae.PMTV particles (up to 10/μm2 of grid area) were detected in extracts of inoculated tobacco leaves, and of infected Arran Pilot potato tubers with symptoms of primary infection. Particles from tobacco leaves were of two predominant lengths, about 125 nm or about 290 nm, and fewer particles of other lengths were found than in previous work, in which partially purified or purified preparations of virus particles were examined, using grids not coated with antiserum.
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