Q-bank phytoplasma database Contaldo Nicoletta1, Bertaccini Assunta1,*, Nicolaisen Mogens2 1Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, DipSA, Plant Pathology, Viale Fanin 42, Bologna, 40127, Italy 2Aarhus University, Department of Integrated Pest Management, 4200, Slagelse, Denmark *Corresponding author e-mail: assunta.bertaccini@unibo.it
Online published on 24 July, 2014. Abstract The setting of the Q-Bank database free available on line for quarantine phytoplasma and also for general phytoplasma identification is described. The tool was developed in the frame of the EU-FP7 project Qbol and is linked with a new project Q-collect in order to made widely available the identification of relevant plant pests by nucleic acid sequence comparison of their barcodes. Top Keywords Phytoplasma identification, DNA barcoding, tuf gene, 16Sr DNA. Top |