Detection of phytopathogens of the genus Dickeya using a PCR primer prediction pipeline for draft bacterial genome sequences

Plant Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 587-596

  Pritchard, L ^a   Humphris, S ^a   Saddler, G S ^b   Parkinson, N M ^c   Bertrand, V ^c   Elphinstone, J G ^c   Toth, I K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Erwinia spp.; Pectobacterium spp.; Potato; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENOME; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA; DICKEYA DIANTHICOLA; ERWINIA; PECTOBACTERIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84876971177     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2012.02678.x     Document Type: Article

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