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Mariano Cambra1, Eduardo Vidal2, Carmen Martínez3
1Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Department of Virology and Immunology, Centre of Moncada, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Valencia, Spain. mcambra@mcambra.es.
Abstract:
Direct systems to process samples allow high-throughput testing or identification of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) by the sensitive real-time reverse transcription coupled to polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) neither with extract preparation nor nucleic acid purification. Immobilized CTV targets are amplified from fresh sections of plant tissues or squashes of fresh or already caught vectors onto paper, nitrocellulose, or positively charged nylon membranes. The printed or squashed support can be stored or mailed at room temperature. These validated user-friendly methods are recommended by IPPC-FAO standard for CTV diagnosis, detection, and identification. The methods are safe, not under current quarantine regulations because they do not involve any risk of introduction of exotic CTV isolates or vectors and are discrete and useful for epidemiological studies or screening for large-scale analyses. In this chapter, tissue-printing and squashing capture methods for direct sample preparation without extract preparation or nucleic acid extraction and purification were coupled with validated real-time RT-PCR detection protocols based on TaqMan chemistry for CTV detection.
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