Articles
ENZYMATIC CDNA AMPLIFICATION OF HOP STUNT VIROID VARIANTS FROM NATURALLY INFECTED FRUIT CROPS
Article number
309_49
Pages
339 – 344
Language
Abstract
Hop stunt viroid (HSV) cDNA reverse transcribed in vitro from total nucleic acid extracts of infected tissue was amplified using Taq I DNA polymerase and HSV group-specific DNA primers in a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The RT-PCR assay is a rapid and specific method to determine HSV infection in fruit crops without viroid purification or the need for large amounts of infected tissue.
Authors
A. Hadidi, Y. Terai, C.A. Powell, S.W. Scott, J.C. Desvignes, L.M. Ibrahim, L. Levy
Keywords
Detection, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Prunus, Viroids
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