Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2018, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2): 483-487.DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(17)61815-X

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  • 收稿日期:2017-07-10 出版日期:2018-02-20 发布日期:2018-02-01

Development of a sensitive and reliable droplet digital PCR assay for the detection of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’

ZHONG Xi1, LIU Xue-lu1, LOU Bing-hai2, ZHOU Chang-yong1, WANG Xue-feng   

  1. 1 National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Citrus Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Southwest University, Chongqing 400712, P.R.China
    2 Guangxi Key Laboratory of Citrus Biology, Guangxi Academy of Specialty Crops, Guilin 541004, P.R.China
  • Received:2017-07-10 Online:2018-02-20 Published:2018-02-01
  • Contact: Correspongdence WANG Xue-feng, Tel: +86-23-68349338; E-mail: wangxuefeng@cric.cn
  • About author:ZHONG Xi, E-mail:zhongmxi@yeah.net
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    This study was funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31671992, 31301635), the Chongqing Science and Technology Commission Project, China (cstc2016shms-ztzx80003) and the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Citrus Biology, Guangxi Academy of Specialty Crops, China (SYS2015K004).

Abstract: Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB, yellow shoot disease) is one of the most serious citrus diseases worldwide.  To better improve the detection sensitivity, a droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) assay was developed for the rapid detection of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (Las), the putative causal agent of HLB.  The detection of sensitivity comparison using positive plasmid indicated that ddPCR was superior to quantitative PCR (qPCR) for detecting and quantifying Las at low concentrations.  The Las detection of 40 field samples also showed that six of 13 asymptomatic samples (46.15%) with high Ct value (>35) were positive by ddPCR.  This methodology showed great potential for early HLB infection diagnosis.

Key words: citrus Huanglongbing ,  early diagnosis ,  droplet digital PCR