Life Sciences Commons^™

Development Of Pcr-Based Detection System For Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae Pathogens Using Molecular Signatures, Md Niamul Kabir, Ali Taheri, C. Korsi Dumenyo

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Pectobacterium and Dickeya species, usually referred to as soft rot Enterobacteriaceae, are phytopathogenic genera of bacteria that cause soft rot and blackleg diseases and are responsible for significant yield losses in many crops across the globe. Diagnosis of soft rot disease is difficult through visual disease symptoms. Pathogen detection and identification methods based on cultural and morphological identification are time-consuming and not always reliable. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based detection method with the species-specific primers is fast and reliable for detecting soft rot pathogens. We have developed a specific and sensitive detection system for some species of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae …