Real-time PCR assay for quantification of Tilletia caries contamination of UK wheat seed

Plant Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 741-750

  McNeil, M ^a   Roberts, A M I ^b   Cockerell, V ^a   Mulholland, V ^a  

^a Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration model; Real time PCR; Seed testing; Tilletia caries; Ustilospores

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEED; WHEAT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; TILLETIA; TILLETIA CARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 11144229267     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2004.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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