Development of a real-time PCR assay for Pseudomonas cichorii, the causal agent of midrib rot in greenhouse-grown lettuce, and its detection in irrigating water

Plant Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-461

  Cottyn, B ^a   Baeyen, S ^a   Pauwelyn, E ^b,c   Verbaendert, I ^d   De Vos, P ^d   Bleyaert, P ^b   Hofte M ^c   Maes, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b Provincial Research and Advisory Centre for Agriculture and Horticulture POVLT   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

hrcRST genes; Irrigation water; Lactuca sativa var. capitata; Midrib rot; Pseudomonas cichorii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CROP PRODUCTION; DETECTION METHOD; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; WATER POLLUTION;

CAPITATA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CICHORII;

EID: 79955528840     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02388.x     Document Type: Article

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