Early detection of Biscogniauxia nummularia in symptomless European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) by TaqMan™ quantitative real-time PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Luchi, N ^a   Capretti, P ^a   Vettraino, A M ^b   Vannini, A ^b   Pinzani, P ^a   Pazzagli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beech decline; Biscogniauxia nummularia; Early detection; Fungal endophytes; Quantitative real time PCR; Symptomless tissue

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); FORESTRY; FUNGI; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBES; RNA;

BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); BEECH DECLINE; BISCOGNIAUXIA NUMMULARIUM; EARLY DETECTION; EUROPEAN BEECH; FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SYMPTOMLESS TISSUE;

DNA;

FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOASSAY; DNA; FUNGI; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RNA; WOOD;

ASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREE;

ARTICLE; BARK; BEECH; BISCOGNIAUXIA NUMMULARIA; CANKER; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOST; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOOT; WOOD;

BISCOGNIAUXIA NUMMULARIA; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 33745422014     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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