Abstract
Introns are generally highly polymorphic regions within genes and were proven to be of great interest for discriminating among phylogenetically-close Phytophthora species. Phytophthora ramorum and P. fragariae are considered as quarantine pathogens by the European Union and accurate detection tools are therefore necessary for their monitoring. From introns located in different single copy genes (GPA1, RAS-like, and TRP1), we developed a series of PCR primers specific to P. ramorum and P. fragariae. The specificity of these primers was successfully checked with a wide collection of Phytophthora isolates and a protocol was developed to detect both pathogens directly in infected plant tissues. These genes should be of particular interest for the development of additional species-specific detection tools within the Phytophthora genus.
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The authors are very grateful to Drs A. Chandelier, S. Prospero, E.M. Hansen and K.J.D. Hughes for providing P. ramorum and P. fragariae isolates, and to Mrs D. Lesgourgues and SRPV Objat for providing strawberry and raspberry plants naturally infected by P. fragariae var. fragariae and P.␣fragariae var. rubi, respectively.
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Ioos, R., Laugustin, L., Schenck, N. et al. Usefulness of single copy genes containing introns in Phytophthora for the development of detection tools for the regulated species P. ramorum and P. fragariae . Eur J Plant Pathol 116, 171–176 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-006-9051-2
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