Specific antiserum against BNYVV was successfully prepared by immunizing rabbit with a preliminarily purified virus, which titer was 3.6xl03 estimated by indirect ELISA, and can be used in western blot detection of sugar beet samples both inoculated with BNYVV and collected from the fields.
Among the 13 sugar beet cultivars planted in rhiziomania fields of Baotou, there were 7 cultivars appeared to be strongly resistant to BNYVV, including Neitiankang 201, DF1028, KW0149, Nei101, KW94...