A PCR-RFLP assay for identification and detection of Pythium myriotylum, causal agent of the cocoyam root rot disease

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-192

  Gomez Alpizar L ^a   Saalau, E ^a   Picado, I ^a   Tambong, J T ^b   Saborio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

PCR RFLP; Pythium myriotylum; Restriction site; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Xanthosoma

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; NUCLEOTIDES; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS;

COCOYAMS; PATHOGENICS; PCR-RFLP; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM MYRIOTYLUM; RESTRICTION SITE; ROOT ROT; ROT DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; XANTHOSOMA;

LOSSES;

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; ENDONUCLEASE; GUANINE; RIBOSOME DNA; THYMINE;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT ROT; STEM;

ALGAL INFECTION; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM MYRIOTYLUM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT ROT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; FUNGI; PYTHIUM MYRIOTYLUM; XANTHOSOMA;

EID: 79551653093     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02998.x     Document Type: Article

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