Nested polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Dothistroma septosporum, red band needle blight of pine, a tool in support of phytosanitary regimes

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 749-752

  Langrell, Stephen R H ^a,b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic nested PCR; Dothistroma pini; Dothistroma septosporum; Forest biosecurity; Forest health; Quarantine organism; Red band needle blight; Risk management

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA PRIMERS; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DOTHISTROMA PINI; MYCOSPHAERELLA PINI;

EID: 79959262477     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.02996.x     Document Type: Article

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