Detection of Southern tomato virus by molecular hybridisation

Fast detection of Southern tomato virus by one-step transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP)

Southern tomato virus (STV) is a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus belonging to genus Amalgavirus (family Amalgamaviridae) which has been detected in tomato plants showing stunting, fruit discoloration and size reduction. A one-step reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay was developed for the detection of STV in total RNA or sap extracts (obtained just by grinding in buffer) from STV-infected tomato plants by using a set of three primers pairs which were designed to the sequence of the STV putative coat protein. Amplification products were visualized by gel electrophoresis or direct staining of DNA. The sensitivity of RT-LAMP was identical to that of th…