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Rapid Detection of Cercospora beticola in Sugar Beet and Mutations Associated with Fungicide Resistance Using LAMP or Probe-Based qPCR.
Plant disease - 1 Jun 2020
Shrestha Subidhya, Neubauer Jonathan, Spanner Rebecca, Natwick Mari, Rios Joshua, Metz Nicholas, Secor Gary A, Bolton Melvin D
Abstract excerpt
Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), caused by the fungal pathogen Cercospora beticola, is the most destructive disease of sugar beet worldwide. Although growing CLS-tolerant varieties is helpful, disease management currently requires timely application of fungicides. However, overreliance on fungicides has led to the emergence of fungicide resistance in many C. beticola populations, resulting in multiple epidemics in...
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