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Tanja M Voegel1, Louise M Nelson1
1Department of Biology, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada.
Abstract:
Current detection methodologies for Agrobacterium vitis, causing crown gall of grapevines, are time intensive and lack the ability to quantify pathogen abundance in nursery stock and soil. Information on pathogen abundance is a key component to develop management strategies. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid and sensitive quantification assay for grapevine nursery stock and vineyard soil via droplet digital polymerase chain reaction targeting the virA gene. DNA isolated from roots of dormant grapevines originating from nurseries in Germany, California, and Ontario were tested for virA abundance. Bacterial numbers varied with grapevine origin; plants from California had the highest numbers. In addition, rhizosphere soil from two vineyards in the Okanagan valley in British Columbia was tested over a growing season. Sampling time during the season did not affect virA gene abundance. The older vineyard had higher soil A. vitis populations than the younger vineyard. The assay developed here has potential for use in national clean plant programs to prevent import of infected grapevine nursery stock and to test vineyard soil for abundance of the pathogen before planting.
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