Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan
Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology
Monitoring and diagnosis of cotton virus
diseases
Head of the Project :
Dr. Kadirova Z.
O b j e c t ive s :
• Revealing and identification of cotton viruses, characterization of the most
important representatives, developing diagnostic methodologies and
searching methods against them.
Ta s k s :
• monitoring of virus diseases on cotton plantations, revealing and
identification of the most harmful viruses among them, improving
diagnostic methods based on DNA marking, screening cotton germplazm
on resistance to virus infections, developing methods against them.
Expected results :
• Studying of adaptable opportunities of the cotton genepool,
estimation and selection of new perspective initial materials for
genetic and breeding research and transfer to their breeders, and
also a germplasm exchange between research institutes.
Proposed activities within the framework of the
project:
• Researches will be conducted in several directions in collaboration with
specialists in immunology, entomology, breeding, gene engineering and
other specialists.
• Stages of project realization:
• 1st stage. Phytosanitaric monitoring of cotton plantations. Monitoring of
farming fields and experimental scientific stations of Institutions and
Universities and revealing sources of contamination.
• 2nd stage. Identification of viruses by indicative plants.
• 3d stage. Viruses’ identification will be conducted annually by PCR
methods.
• 4th stage. Assessment of perspective cotton varieties resistance for
revealing immune and virus resistant varieties.
T H A N K S F O R YO U R AT T E N T I O N !