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Virus-Specific ¹²⁵I-Labeled Antibodies as a Possible Tool for Indexing Cantaloupe Seeds for Squash Mosaic Virus. C. C. Powell, Jr., Former Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, Present address of senior author: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331; D. E. Schlegel, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley 94720. Phytopathology 60:1854-1855. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-60-1854.

Small pieces of seeds from healthy and squash mosaic virus-infected seed lots were treated with ¹²⁵I-labeled antibodies. Virus-infected seed lots could be distinguished from healthy seed lots; however, the method could not be used to predict the percentage of virus transmission.