Bock, Clive


Publications
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Comparative RT-qPCR and qPCR reveals early infection, low-titer infection, and relative cell activity of the HLB bacterium,CandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus

Citation
Patterson et al. (2024).
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
AbstractCandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus (Las) is one of the causal agents of citrus huanglongbing (HLB) epidemics worldwide. Due to its fastidious nature, intracellular and systemic infection, detecting Las at early and/or low-titer infection, as well as differentiating between live or dead cells in the host psyllids and citrus plants is critical for effective HLB management. To achieve both sensitive Las detection and differentiation, we employed one-step reverse transcription-quantitative PCR