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Evaluation of resistance to Rhabdocline needlecast in Douglas fir variety Shuswap, with quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
Phytopathology - 1 Apr 2010
Catal M, Adams G C, Fulbright D W
Abstract excerpt
A quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay was developed that could detect DNA of Rhabdocline pseudotsugae and R. oblonga among DNA of Douglas fir needles to a limit as low as three copies of target DNA. Differential infection rates of two varieties (seed sources) of Douglas fir interplanted in a field were studied in relation to staggered bud breaks. Infection of Douglas fir var. San Isabel corresponded to...
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