Real time RT-PCR assay for quantitative detection of Citrus viroid III in plant tissues

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-185

  Rizza, S ^a,b   Nobile, G ^b   Tessitori, M ^a   Catara, A ^a,b   Conte, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Phytosanitary Diagnosis and Biotechnologies   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrus; CVd III; Real time RT PCR; Viroid quantification

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; TESTING METHOD; VIROID;

CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS EXOCORTIS VIROID; CITRUS VIROID III; CITRUS VIROID IIIB; HOP STUNT VIROID; HUMULUS; VIROIDS;

EID: 58249120622     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01941.x     Document Type: Article

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