Use of RAPD analysis for in situ identification of Ascosphaera aggregata and Ascosphaera larvis in larval cadavers of the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-83

  Lu, Rui ^a   Wayne Goerzen, D ^b,c   Rank, Gerald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Alfalfa Seed P   (Canada)

^c SASPA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascosphaera aggregata; Ascosphaera larvis; Chalkbrood disease; Diagnostic technique; Leafcutting bee; Megachile rotundata; RAPD

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATA; APOIDEA; ASCOSPHAERA AGGREGATA; ASCOSPHAERA LARVIS; FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE LATIMANUS; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA;

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BEE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030191674     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0061     Document Type: Article

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