Using real-time PCR to discriminate and quantify the closely related wheat pathogens Oculimacula yallundae and Oculimacula acuformis

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 153, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 715-721

  Walsh, K ^a   Korimbocus, J ^a   Boonham, N ^a   Jennings, P ^a   Hims, M ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic assays; Oculimacula spp.; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Stem base disease; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

FUNGI; OCULIMACULA; OCULIMACULA ACUFORMIS; OCULIMACULA YALLUNDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33745291930     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2005.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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