A rapid and sensitive method for direct detection of Erwinia amylovora in symptomatic and asymptomatic plant tissues by polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 154, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 469-473

  Stoger A ^a   Schaffer, J ^a   Ruppitsch, W ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Direct detection; DNA extraction; Erwinia amylovora; Fire blight; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEGIBACTERIA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33746376300     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2006.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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