Synergetic effect of non-complementary 5’ AT-rich sequences on the development of a multiplex TaqMan real-time PCR for specific and robust detection of Clavibacter michiganensis and C. michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis

• Adriana Larrea-Sarmiento,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Anne M. Alvarez,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• James P. Stack,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• Mohammad Arif

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: arif@hawaii.edu

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5887-2050

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