Optimized quantification of unculturable Candidatus Liberibacter spp. in host plants using real-time PCR

Plant Disease

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 854-861

  Li, Wenbin ^a   Li, Dayan ^b   Twieg, Elizabeth ^a   Hartung, John S ^c   Levy, Laurene ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus greening; Sweet orange

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CALCIUM; CLONING; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COSMIC RAYS; CURVES (ROAD); DISEASE CONTROL; DNA; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOOD PROCESSING; GENES; HEALTH; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLANNING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TARGETS;

ARTIFICIAL MEDIUM; CITRUS SPECIES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; DNA EXTRACTS; DNA SAMPLES; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS; HOST PLANTS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LABORATORY METHODS; PCR ASSAYS; PLANT TISSUES; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (QPCR); QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR (QRT PCR); REAL-TIME PCR; REGRESSION (R2); SAMPLE COMPOSITION; SAMPLE STORAGE;

PATHOGENS;

CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 46849094752     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-92-6-0854     Document Type: Article

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