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Title:   Author  item
                                            YAN, GUIPING - Oregon State Universityitem
                                            SMILEY, RICHARD - Oregon State Universityitem
                                            Okubara, Patriciaitem
                                            Skantar, Andreaitem
                                            Reardon, Catherine

                                                         - *Kate*
  Submitted to: Plant Disease
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 9/26/2012
                                    Publication  Date: 5/15/2013
                                    Citation: Yan, G., Smiley, R.W., Okubara, P.A., Skantar, A.M., Reardon, C.L. 2013. Developing a real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Pratylenchus neglectus in soil. Plant Disease. 97(6):757-764.Interpretive Summary: Plant-parasitic nematodes are microscopic worms that attack plant roots and cause an estimated ten billion dollars of crop loss each year in the United States and 100 billion dollars globally. The root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus is one of the most widespread and economically important nematodes that invade plant roots and restrict wheat productivity in the Pacific Northwest. This nematode is difficult to quantify by microscopic methods for studies that require large-scale sampling, such as evaluation of wheat cultivars, rotation crops, and other management practices. In the present study, scientists from Oregon State University and ARS scientists from Beltsville, MD, Pullman, WA, and Pendleton, OR developed a highly sensitive molecular diagnostic assay to detect P. neglectus using DNA extracted directly from soil samples. The results are significant because the assay can be used to quantify P. neglectus in soil and distinguish this species from other lesion nematodes.  Commercial diagnostic laboratories, other scientists, action agencies, and extension agencies engaged in nematode research and control will use this research.
                                Technical Abstract: Pratylenchus neglectus is one of the most widespread and economically important nematodes that invade plant roots and restrict wheat productivity in the Pacific Northwest. It is challenging to quantify P. neglectus using microscopic methods for studies that require large-scale sampling, such as assessment of rotation crops, wheat cultivars, and other management practices. A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay was developed to detect and quantify P. neglectus from DNA extracts of soil. The primers, designed from the internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA, showed a single peak and high specificity to DNA from eight isolates of P. neglectus, but did not amplify DNA from 28 isolates of other plant-parasitic and non-plant-parasitic nematodes. A standard curve was generated from artificially infested soil showing a significant negative correlation (R2 = 0.96) between cycle threshold and log value of nematode numbers. The soil standard curve was validated using sterilized, non-infested soil inoculated with lower numbers of P. neglectus. A significant positive correlation (R2 = 0.66) was observed for nematode numbers quantified from fifteen field soils using qPCR and the Whitehead tray and microscopic method. Real-time PCR provides a useful platform for efficient detection and quantification of P. neglectus directly from field soils.


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