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With this lab, developed by Michael Sulzinski, Ph.D., students isolate TMV in cigarette tobacco then inoculate healthy bean plants (P. vulgaris) with it.
This activity uses a hypersensitive response with Tobacco Mosaic Virus to detect the virus in cigarette tobacco, and to demonstrate inhibitory properties of milk against virus infection.

Includes materials for 50 student groups: diatomaceous earth, glass stirring rods, sterile applicators, funnels, cheesecloth, powdered milk, phosphate buffer, pinto bean seeds, pots, soil, instructions.




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