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SCREENING MUSCADINE GRAPE FOR RESISTANCE TO PIERCEâ¿¿S DISEASE PATHOGEN

Objective

1) Measure the population of Xylella fastidiosa in stem internode of 638 accessions of muscadine and bunch grapes using the double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a set of primers targeting the rRNA genes. 2) Examine the correlation between the pathogen population and disease symptoms.

Investigators
BABIKER E M; MAVRODI D
Institution
UNIV OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Start date
2022
End date
2024
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
6062-21000-010-016S
Accession number
443317
https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/project/?accnNo=443317