Development of species-specific diagnostic primers for Zoophthora radicans and Pandora blunckii; two co-occurring fungal pathogens of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella.

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Species-specific primers for Zoophthora radicans and Pandora bluckii were developed. To achieve this, partial sequences of DNA that encode for rRNA, more specifically, the ITS region (rDNA-ITS) were obtained from different isolates and analysed. Seven Z. radicans isolates (four from P. xylostella, and three from other lepidopteran hosts) and one P. blunckii isolate (from P. xylostella) were used. These isolates...

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