Production of HSVd- and PPV-free apricot cultivars by in vitro thermotherapy followed by meristem culture

Table 2 Comparison of RT-PCR evaluation between lines coming from the same treated shoot

Experiment	Cultivar	Shoot	Line	RT-PCR^a
Thermotherapy 40 days	MR-HSVd	1	A	+
			B	-
			C	+
		2	A	+
		2	B	+
		3	A	+
		3	B	+
Thermotherapy 45 days	MR-HSVd	1	A	+
		1	B	-
		2	A	+
		2	B	+
		3	A	+
			B	+
			C	+
			D	+
		4	A	+
		4	B	-
Etiolation	Ca-PPV	1	A	+
			B	+
			C	-
		2	A	-
		2	B	+
	MR-HSVd	1	A	+
	MR-HSVd	1	B	+

^a“ +” and “-” mean the presence and absence of the pathogen in the evaluated line, respectively

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