Collection Code
CNR-IPSP-PLAVIT_BA
Collection Name
Plant Virus Italy - Bari (PLAVIT_BA)
Collection Permanent Identifier
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Collection Type
In vivo culture, Material samples
Owner Institution
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP) - Section of Bari, Department of AgriFood Sciences (DiSBA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Bari, IT
Bioresources
Plant Viruses, Plant Viroids
Main Taxa
Members of species in the families Alphaflexiviridae, Betaflexiviridae, Bromoviridae, Closteroviridae, Geminiviridae, Potyviridae, Secoviridae, Tombusviridae, Virgaviridae, Avsunviroidae and Pospiviroidae.
Description
PLAVIT_BA collection is part of the PLAVIT collection located at CNR-IPSP-Torino. It includes a large variety of viruses and viroids isolated from fruit trees, horticultural and ornamental plants mainly in the Mediterranean area
Keywords
Agriculture, Diagnosis, Pest risk assessment, Biotechnology, Biodiversity, Health
Preservation Techniques
Infected lyophilized tissues, in vials; infectious clones; RNA preparations stored at -80 °C; in planta (several viruses infecting woody crops which are difficult to isolate).
Services
Deposit of isolates, Distribution of isolates
Competence / Expertise
Molecular and biological characterization, Taxonomy, Electron microscopy, Diagnosis
Projects
Partner of MIRRI Italian Node (http://www.mirri-it.it); Third parties of Horizon project European Virus Archive - global (EVAg; https://www.european-virus-archive.com/); involved in CNR Biogenres (http://www.biogenres.cnr.it/).
Associations
Member of ECCO (European Culture Collection Organization) and of WFCC (World Federation of Culture Collection)
