Pacific Southwest

Title: Molecular identification and detection of Phytophthora ramorum

Author: Bonants, Peter; Verstappen, Els; De Vries, Ineke; Wiejacha, Katarzyna; Ivors, Kelly

Date: 2006

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: 135-138

Station ID: GTR-PSW-196

Description: The genus Phytophthora comprises over 70 described species, however many new species have been reported recently as a result of the discovery of previously undetected species or by the hybridization of known species. Phytophthora ramorum, one of the new Phytophthora species, is considered a high phytosanitary risk because it is currently responsible for large-scale oak mortality in coastal California forests. In Europe, the disease occurs mainly in nurseries on Rhododendron, Viburnum and Camellia. However, in landscapes, infected trees of Quercus rubra, Q falcata, Q. ilex, Aesculus hippocastanum and Fagus sylvatica were reported recently on sites previously identified with infected Rhododendron plants. In addition, numerous nurseries in the U. S. have recently been diagnosed with infected Rhododendron and Camellia spp.

Keywords: AFLP, identification detection methods, ISSR, ITS-PCR, PCR-RFLP, Phytophthora ramorum, TaqMan

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Bonants, Peter; Verstappen, Els; De Vries, Ineke; Wiejacha, Katarzyna; Ivors, Kelly  2006.  Molecular identification and detection of 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: 135-138.