Development of a PCR-based diagnostic test for Spongospora subterranea f.sp. nasturtii, the causal agent of crook root of watercress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)

Plant Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 275-280

  Down, G J ^a,c   Clarkson, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Molecular Sensing plc   (United Kingdom)

^c HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; ITS rDNA; PCR; Spongospora; Watercress

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; PLASMODIOPHORIDA; RORIPPA; SPONGOSPORA; SPONGOSPORA SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 0036274550     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2002.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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