Improved fireblight diagnostics using quantitative real-time PCR detection of Erwinia amylovora chromosomal DNA

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 872-881

  Pirc, M ^a   Ravnikar, M ^a   Tomlinson, J ^b   Dreo, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal DNA; Erwinia amylovora; Molecular diagnostics and detection; TaqMan real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHROMOSOME; DETECTION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; PYRUS;

EID: 70249150750     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02083.x     Document Type: Article

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