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Detection of Phytophthora nicotianae in Soil with Real‐time Quantitative PCR
Author(s) -
Huang Junli,
Wu Jinzhong,
Li Changjun,
Xiao Chonggang,
Wang Guixue
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2009.01554.x
Subject(s) - biology , phytophthora nicotianae , real time polymerase chain reaction , phytophthora , botany , horticulture , genetics , gene
Abstract Phytophthora nicotianae is one of the most important soil‐borne plant pathogens. A rapid, specific and sensitive real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection method for P. nicotianae was established, which used primers targeting the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rDNA genes of Phytophthora spp. Based on the nucleotide sequences of ITS2 of 15 different species of Phytophthora , the primers and probe were designed specifically to amplify DNA from P. nicotianae. With a series of 10‐fold DNA dilutions extracted from P. nicotianae pure cultures, the detection limit was 10 pg/μl in conventional PCR, whereas in SYBR Green I PCR the detection limit was 0.12 fg/μl and in TaqMan PCR 1.2 fg/μl, and real‐time PCR was 10 4 –10 5 times more sensitive than conventional PCR. The simple and rapid procedures maximized the yield and quality of recovered DNA from soil and allowed the processing of many samples in a short time. The direct DNA extractions from soil were utilized to yield DNA suitable for PCR. By combining this protocol with the real‐time PCR procedure it has been possible to specifically detect P. nicotianae in soil, and the degree of sensitivity was 1.0 pg/μl. The system was applied to survey soil samples from tobacco field sites in China for the presence of P. nicotianae and the analyses of naturally infested soil showed the reliability of the real‐time PCR method.