Update on diagnostics for Phytophthora ramorum

Philip Berger

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Update on diagnostics for Phytophthora ramorum

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Philip Berger

Year:

2006

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Frankel, Susan J.; Shea, Patrick J.; and Haverty, Michael I., tech. coords. Proceedings of the sudden oak death second science symposium: the state of our knowledge. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-196. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 47-49

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Abstract

Diagnostics used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to determine absence or presence of Phytophthora ramorum in plant samples, are based on a combination of tests and depend on collaboration with external laboratories. The system currently in place attempts to maximize limited resources and at the same time provide the most scientifically defensible, accurate, and rapid diagnostics available. Described here is an overview of the current system, followed by a discussion of future plans.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the sudden oak death second science symposium: the state of our knowledge

Keywords

Phytophthora ramorum, detection, diagnostics, PCR, nested PCR, culture

Citation

Berger, Philip. 2006. Update on diagnostics for Phytophthora ramorum. In: Frankel, Susan J.; Shea, Patrick J.; and Haverty, Michael I., tech. coords. Proceedings of the sudden oak death second science symposium: the state of our knowledge. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-196. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 47-49