Molecular Ecology Resources (2008) 8, 1270-1273

T.D. Ramsfield, K. Dobbie, M.A. Dick and R.D. Ball (2008)
Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker disease
Molecular Ecology Resources 8 (6), 1270-1273
Abstract: Pitch canker is a highly damaging disease of Pinus radiata and the New Zealand forest industry is concerned by the potential impact of the disease, should it arrive, in New Zealand. To provide a rapid identification technique for this pathogen, a polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic method has been developed. The method is able to detect the presence of the pathogen within infected host tissue, as well as infested soil and the reliability of the test has been estimated using Bayesian statistics.
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Database assignments for author(s): Margaret A. Dick

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Fusarium circinatum