Detection of harmful viruses and bacteria in plant material, vectors or natural reservoirs is
essential to ensure safe and sustainable agriculture. The techniques available have evolved …

Plant pathogenic bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses and viroids are difficult to control, and
preventive measures are essential to minimize the losses they cause each year in different …

▪ Abstract The advent of molecular biology in general and the polymerase chain reaction in
particular have greatly facilitated genomic analyses of microorganisms, provide enhanced …

Bacteria in the genus Xanthomonas infect a wide range of crops and wild plants, with most
species responsible for plant diseases that have a global economic and environmental …

PCR-based methods offer advantages over more traditional diagnostic tests, in that
organisms do not need to be cultured prior to their detection and protocols are highly …

Although strawberry is an economically important fruit crop worldwide, production of
strawberry is limited by its susceptibility to a wide range of pathogens and the lack of major …

Background Strawberry diseases are a major limiting factor that severely impact plant
agronomic performance. Regarding limitations of traditional techniques for detection of …

Key message Angular leaf spot is a devastating bacterial disease of strawberry. Resistance
from two wild accessions is highly heritable and controlled by a major locus on linkage …

Fungi and oomycetes encompass many pathogens affecting crops worldwide. Their effective
control requires screening pathogens across the local and international trade networks …

A new and highly sensitive method for the amplification of viral RNA targets from plant
material has been developed and patented. This technique called Co-operational …