The Potential of Cryotherapy to Remove Sugarcane Mosaic Virus from Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) Shoot Tips
M T Gonzalez-Arnao1, M Banasiak2, S J Snyman3
1Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico.
Background:
Virus-free sugarcane is difficult to achieve due to the multiple vegetative propagation cycles employed commercially. In vitro culture using small (1 mm) meristematic shoot tips has eliminated viruses but survival is low with small explants.
Objective:
Droplet-Vitrification (D-V) and V-Cryoplate protocols were investigated for the elimination of Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) from large (c. 3 mm) in vitro-derived shoot tips.
Materials And Methods:
Shoot tips excised from NCo376 and N19 cultivars were exposed to both cryogenic procedures. Virus indexing by RT-qPCR was performed 16 weeks after recovery.
Results:
Explants exposed to cryo-treatments that recovered and multiplied was 30-92%, while at least 90% of control explants regenerated. No virus was detected in multiplied shoots from either cultivar after D-V and liquid nitrogen immersion. In NCo376, virus was eliminated after D-V without cooling.
Conclusion:
The preliminary findings suggest that cryotherapy and/or osmotherapy are viable options for SCMV removal from infected plants.
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