Identification of Xiphinema vuittenezi by polymerase chain reaction

Abstract

So far, the identification of the nematode species Xiphinema vuittenezi relied mainly on time-consuming morphological and morphometrical studies. Therefore, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol was optimised that both reliably and rapidly identifies X. vuittenezi. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) species-specific primer of ribosomal DNA gene of X. vuittenezi was used. Nine populations of this species from Central Bohemia were investigated by means of PCR.

Keywords

• nematodes
• xiphinema vuittenezi
• pcr
• its primer