Profiling grapevine trunk pathogens in planta: A case for community-targeted DNA metabarcoding
A. Morales-Cruz, R. Figueroa-Balderas, J. F. Garcia, E. Tran, P. E. Rolshausen, K. Baumgartner, D. Cantu
This study develops and validates GTAA primers for DNA metabarcoding to accurately detect grapevine trunk pathogens in planta, showing improved sensitivity and specificity over universal primers.
bioRxiv · Sep 6, 2018Microbiology