Polymerase chain reaction-based detection ofFusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker disease

Autor: R. D. Ball, T. D. Ramsfield, K. Dobbie, M. A. Dick
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Molecular Ecology Resources. 8:1270-1273
ISSN: 1755-0998
1755-098X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02188.x
Popis: Pitch canker is a highly damaging disease of Pinus radiata and the New Zealand forest industry is concerned by the potential impact of the disease, should it arrive, in New Zealand. To provide a rapid identification technique for this pathogen, a polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic method has been developed. The method is able to detect the presence of the pathogen within infected host tissue, as well as infested soil and the reliability of the test has been estimated using Bayesian statistics.
Databáze: OpenAIRE