Molecular detection of 10 of the most unwanted alien forest pathogens in Canada using real-time PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Lamarche, Josyanne ^a   Potvin, Amélie ^a   Pelletier, Gervais ^a   Stewart, Don ^a   Feau, Nicolas ^b   Alayon, Dario I O ^b   Dale, Angela L ^b,c   Coelho, Aaron ^c   Uzunovic, Adnan ^c   Bilodeau, Guillaume J ^d   Brière, Stephan C ^d   Hamelin, Richard C ^a,b   Tanguay, Philippe ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERATOCYTIS FAGACEARUM; CERATOCYTIS LARICICOLA; CERATOCYTIS POLONICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CIRCINATUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOSMITHIA MORBIDA; GREMMENIELLA ABIETINA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPHTHORA KERNOVIAE; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSELLINIA NECATRIX; SCLEROTINIA PSEUDOTUBEROSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TREE;

CANADA; DNA, FUNGAL; FORESTS; FUNGI; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84942893113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134265     Document Type: Article

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