Table 1 Infection rates of ALSV vectors to strawberry seedling (‘Yotsuboshi’) and in vitro culture (‘Dover’)

From: Virus-induced gene silencing and virus-induced flowering in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) using apple latent spherical virus vectors

Cultivar

Vector

Growth condition

Growth stage at inoculation

Infected plants/inoculated plants (%)

‘Yotsuboshi’

wtALSV

soil (plug tray)

3–4 true leaves

0/16 (0)

‘Yotsuboshi’

wtALSV

1/2 MS aseptically

3–4 true leaves

8/9 (89)

‘Yotsuboshi’

ALSV-FaPDS

1/2 MS aseptically

3–4 true leaves

12/12 (100)

‘Yotsuboshi’

ALSV-AtFT

1/2 MS aseptically

3–4 true leaves

7/12 (58)

‘Dover’

wtALSV

1/2 MS aseptically

3–4 true leaves

5/8 (63)

‘Dover’

ALSV-FaPDS

1/2 MS aseptically

3–4 true leaves

5/5 (100)