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Table 3 Response of meristem tip-derived plants to inoculation with MeSPY1 -VIGS challenge

From: Multiple morphogenic culture systems cause loss of resistance to cassava mosaic disease

Cultivar name

No. of explants (meristem tip) establisheda

No. of explants forming shoots

Percentage shoot regeneration

No. of dead independent regenerants/total regenerants challenged with MeSPY1-VIGS

Percentage CMD susceptible plants

TME 7

58

28

48

2/17

12

TME 14

40

20

50

1/19

5

TME 204

58

7

12

0/1

0

TMS 30572

18

8

44

0/3

0

TMS 98/0505

58

13

22

0/3

0

  1. aExplants were setup in two separate experiments