Journal
PHYTOPARASITICA
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 159-165Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12600-010-0084-x
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Corn salad; Nuclear rRNA sequences; Polymerase chain reaction; Seed transmission; Valerianella olitoria
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After the reappearance in Italy of a foliar disease of lamb's lettuce (Valerianella olitoria L. Poll. syn. V. locusta L. Betcke) incited by Phoma valerianellae, we set out to measure the level of seed infection by this fungus, using a plating test, and to develop a molecular method for quick and reliable detection of the pathogen in seeds. All six samples of lamb's lettuce seed tested were contaminated by P. valerianellae at levels of 0.6% to 15%. Surface disinfection of seeds did not eliminate the contamination and only reduced it to between 0.1% and 10%. The need for a sensitive, reliable and rapid diagnostic method for early identification of the fungus exists. We have developed a PCR-based method to identify the fungus in seeds. Variation within the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1, 5.8S sequences and ITS2) region of the rDNA (ITS) was used to characterize the P. valerianellae strains and to design specific primers within the ITS region.
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