Nucleic Acid–Based Pathogen Detection in Applied Plant Pathology
Open Access
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 92 (5), 660-669
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-92-5-0660
Abstract
Nucleic acid–based (NA-based) detection techniques are becoming fundamental for the applied plant pathologist. Their speed, sensitivity, specificity, versatility have resulted in the use of these tools to address an increasing number of applied questions and hypotheses. In order to use based detection techniques to best advantage, it is important to recognize only their advantages but also their limitations, such as the possibility particular NA-based tests may not have complete specificity for the of interest and only for that organism. The distinction between detection and disease diagnosis must also be recognized, and we believe NA-based tools are techniques for the former and not the latter. Several pathogen detection technologies are also discussed.Keywords
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