Detection of airborne inoculum of Leptosphaeria maculans and Pyrenopeziza brassicae in oilseed rape crops by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays

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Calderon, C., Ward, E., Freeman, J., Foster, S. J. and McCartney, H. A. 2002. Detection of airborne inoculum of Leptosphaeria maculans and Pyrenopeziza brassicae in oilseed rape crops by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. Plant Pathology. 51 (3), pp. 303-310. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3059.2002.00721.x

AuthorsCalderon, C., Ward, E., Freeman, J., Foster, S. J. and McCartney, H. A.
Abstract

The potential use of DNA-based methods for detecting airborne inoculum of Leptosphaeria maculans and Pyrenopeziza brassicae, both damaging pathogens of oilseed rape, was investigated. A method for purifying DNA from spores collected using Hirst-type spore samplers and detecting it using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays is described. For both pathogens, the sensitivities of the DNA assays were similar for spore-trap samples and pure spore suspensions. As few as 10 spores of L. maculans or P. brassicae could be detected by PCR and spores of both species could be detected against a background of spores of six other species. The method successfully detected spores of P. brassicae collected using spore traps in oilseed rape crops that were infected with P. brassicae. Leptosphaeria maculans spores were detected using spore traps on open ground close to L. maculans-infected oilseed rape stems. The potential use of PCR detection of airborne inoculum. in forecasting the diseases caused by these pathogens is discussed.

KeywordsAgronomy; Plant Sciences
Year of Publication2002
JournalPlant Pathology
Journal citation51 (3), pp. 303-310
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3059.2002.00721.x
Open accessPublished as bronze (free) open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or code424
507
Fundamental studies of the interaction between environmental factors, crop pathogens and pests, and crops
Project: 1756
Publisher's version
PublisherWiley
ISSN0032-0862

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