Screening and Identification of Soil Fungi Carrying Soybean Mosaic Virus

“2019 Provincial Key (National) College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program”

Supervisor: Prof. Kai Xu, 

Current research shows the main transmission mode of SMV is seed transmission and aphid transmission，but soil fungi are an important way for plant viruses to spread. Since soybean mosaic disease tends to strike in a certain region year after year, soil fungi are likely to be the mediators of SMV and cause soybean mosaic disease. We attempted to screen for fungi capable of carrying SMV to provide new perspectives on the control of soybean mosaic disease. 

• Cultivating model plants and inoculating Soybean Mosaic Viruses 
• Isolating and purifying soil fungi 
• Screening out the fungi suspected of carrying SMV