Species-Specific Molecular Detection of the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne luci.

ABSTRACT: Meloidogyne luci has been identified in various countries around the world parasitizing economically important crops and, due to its potential to cause serious damage to agriculture, was included in the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization Alert List in 2017. This species shares morphological and molecular similarities with M. ethiopica and M. inornata, and a M. ethiopica group was therefore established. Although specific primers for the DNA amplification of species belonging to the M. ethiopica group have been developed previously, the primers were not species-specific, so molecular markers for the specific detection of M. luci are still needed. The objective of this study was to develop a SCAR marker for the detection of M. luci and the discrimination from other Meloi

SUBMITTER: Maleita C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389682 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature