A new approach to apple proliferation detection: A highly sensitive real-time PCR assay

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-145

  Baric, Sanja ^a   Dalla Via, Josef ^a  

^a Res Ctr Agric Forest Laimburg   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple proliferation; Diagnosis; Malus domestica; Multiplex assay; Phytoplasma; Plant disease; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; RNA 16S; TRANSFER RNA;

APPLE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLOROPLAST GENETICS; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DILUTION; DNA TEMPLATE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; MALUS; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA MALI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 1542315365     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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