New Species-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays for Colletotrichum Species Causing Bitter Rot of Apple

dc.contributor.authorMcHenry, Diana J.en
dc.contributor.authorAćimović, Srđan G.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-24T13:38:32Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-24T13:38:32Zen
dc.date.issued2024-04-27en
dc.date.updated2024-05-24T13:04:23Zen
dc.description.abstractBitter rot of apple is an economically important worldwide disease caused by different <i>Colletotrichum</i> species, depending on many factors such as climate, geography, other hosts, and crop management practices. Culture, morphology, and single-locus sequencing-based methods for identifying the <i>Colletotrichum</i> species are severely limited in effectiveness, while the multilocus sequence typing methods available for delineating species are costly, time-intensive, and require high expertise. We developed species-specific hydrolysis probe real-time PCR assays for the following nine <i>Colletotrichum</i> species causing bitter rot in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.A.: <i>C. fructicola</i>, <i>C. chrysophilum</i>, <i>C. noveboracense</i>, <i>C. gloeosporioides</i> s.s., <i>C. henanense</i>, <i>C. siamense</i> and <i>C. theobromicola</i> from the <i>C. gloeosporioides</i> species complex, and <i>C. fioriniae</i> and <i>C. nymphaeae</i> from the <i>C. acutatum</i> species complex. After searching 14 gene regions, we designed primers and probes in 5 of them for the nine target species. Four primer&ndash;probe set pairs were able to be duplexed. Sensitivity tests showed as little as 0.5 pg DNA were detectable. These real-time PCR assays will provide rapid and reliable identification of these key <i>Colletotrichum</i> species and will be critically important for studies aiming to elucidate their biology, epidemiology, and management on apples as the number one produced and consumed tree fruit in the U.S.A.en
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dc.identifier.citationMcHenry, D.J.; Aćimović, S.G. New Species-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays for Colletotrichum Species Causing Bitter Rot of Apple. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 878.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12050878en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/119102en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectColletotrichumen
dc.subjectapple bitter roten
dc.subjectreal-time PCRen
dc.subjectpathogen diagnosticsen
dc.subjectrapid detectionen
dc.titleNew Species-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays for Colletotrichum Species Causing Bitter Rot of Appleen
dc.title.serialMicroorganismsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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