Multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-210

  Bilodeau, Guillaume ^a   Pelletier, Gervais ^a   Pelletier, Françoise ^a   Lévesque, C André ^b   Hamelin, Richard C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Invasive pathogens; Molecular diagnostic; Multiplex PCR assay

Indexed keywords

OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM;

EID: 77955857264     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660909507593     Document Type: Article

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