Real-time PCR for rapid in planta detection of Plectosphaerella cucumerina on wild rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 285-292

  Gilardi, Giovanna ^a   Webb, Kathryn ^b   Ortu, Giuseppe ^a   Gullino, Maria Lodovica ^a   Garibaldi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leafy vegetables; Taq man probe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981543674     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-15108     Document Type: Article

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