Improvement of soil testing techniques for detecting spores of potato wart disease Synchytrium endobioticum using molecular methods
Journal: RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries (Vol.16, No. 1)Publication Date: 2021-03-31
Authors : Yulia Tsvetkova; Vera Yakovleva;
Page : 66-76
Keywords : plant quarantine; potato wart disease; Synchytrium endobioticum; diagnostics; polymerase chain reaction;
Abstract
Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Percival. is a pathogen of potato wart disease and has a restricted distribution on the territory of the Russian Federation. Its main pathways are infected potato tubers and different planting material containing soil particles infected with spores of the fungus. One of the main problems is the use of toxic chemicals during detecting the disease in laboratory methods of direct soil testing to identify resting spores. This paper presents the assessment of molecular methods of soil diagnosis for detection of S. endobioticum by direct extraction of fungal DNA from soil samples using the MetaGen reagent kit. Identification was performed using the ‘Fitoskrin. Synchytrium endobioticum-RT’ kit. The kit was pre-tested using DNA isolated from potato warts by various commercial kits. It was found that the optimal method of DNA isolation from the warts was using the ‘FitoSorb-Avtomat 48’ kit at the Tecan robotic station. Studies have shown that the sensitivity of the direct DNA extraction method from soil samples with various infection levels is the same as that of flotation method using carbon tetrachloride. Moreover, this method makes it possible to work with soil samples of different types, including peaty soils.
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