DNA barcoding as an identification tool for selected EU-regulated plant pests: an international collaborative test performance study among 14 laboratories

EPPO Bulletin ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. T. L. H. van de Vossenberg ◽  
M. Westenberg ◽  
P. J. M. Bonants
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo ◽  
Monika K. Forster ◽  
Ludwig Niessen ◽  
Petr Karlovsky ◽  
Berta Killermann ◽  
...  

AbstractTilletia controversa causing dwarf bunt of wheat is a quarantine pathogen in several countries. Therefore, its specific detection is of great phytosanitary importance. Genomic regions routinely used for phylogenetic inferences lack suitable polymorphisms for the development of species-specific markers. We therefore compared 21 genomes of six Tilletia species to identify DNA regions that were unique and conserved in all T. controversa isolates and had no or limited homology to other Tilletia species. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for T. controversa was developed based on one of these DNA regions. The specificity of the assay was verified using 223 fungal samples comprising 43 fungal species including 11 Tilletia species, in particular 39 specimens of T. controversa, 92 of T. caries and 40 of T. laevis, respectively. The assay specifically amplified genomic DNA of T. controversa from pure cultures and teliospores. Only Tilletia trabutii generated false positive signals. The detection limit of the LAMP assay was 5 pg of genomic DNA per reaction. A test performance study that included five laboratories in Germany resulted in 100% sensitivity and 97.7% specificity of the assay. Genomic regions, specific to common bunt (Tilletia caries and Tilletia laevis together) are also provided.


2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Pandey ◽  
Susan Kapitanoff

This research investigated the relationships among test performance, anxiety, and the quality of interaction during collaborative testing of college students. It also explored which students are most likely to benefit from collaborative testing. It was randomly determined whether a student would take each of six examinations alone or with a partner. Collaborative testing resulted in higher scores than individual testing for a significant number of students, conferring an advantage of 3.83%. Test performance was positively correlated with quality of interaction. Students with higher levels of test anxiety were most likely to benefit from collaborative testing and to experience the greatest test anxiety reduction.


Author(s):  
S. Kiewnick ◽  
A. Bühlmann ◽  
J. E. Frey
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EPPO Bulletin ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ioos ◽  
T. Annesi ◽  
C. Fourrier ◽  
C. Saurat ◽  
A. Chandelier ◽  
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Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4276 (3) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV ◽  
EDUARD JENDEK ◽  
MAXIM ED. SMIRNOV

One hundred forty two specimens representing 56 species of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) from the Russian Far East were sequenced for a 658 bp fragment of the 5' end of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI, =DNA barcode). The data are publicly available in an open access online library (dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-CERRF). All analysed species could be differentiated using the standard online DNA barcode identification tool, except for a group of three sympatric colour-defined Menesia species. Seven Menesia records share the same Barcode Identification Number (=BIN), while the single specimen of M. flavotecta shares the same haplotype as some of M. sulphurata. Excluding the Menesia case, the Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) uniquely correspond to the analysed species, in all but the four specimens of Chlorophorus simillimus where they share two BINs. Although DNA barcoding aims to develop species identification systems, some phylogenetic signal was apparent in the data and in the Maximum Likelihood analysis, all four subfamilies were recovered as monophyletic. Notwithstanding the few detected deviations from the absolute taxonomic/phylogenetic match, DNA barcoding is a powerful identification tool with a capacity to place an undocumented record among its closest relatives. 


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