Development of a real-time PCR method for the specific detection of the novel pear pathogen Erwinia uzenensis

• Maria C. Holeva,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Department of Plant Pathology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifissia, Attica, Greece

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• Félix Morán,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Department of Plant Pathology, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Spain

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• Giuseppe Scuderi,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and food security, Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy

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• Asier González,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Department of Plant Pathology, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Spain

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• María M. López,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Department of Plant Pathology, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Spain

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• Pablo Llop

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: llop_pab@gva.es, pllop45@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Department of Plant Pathology, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3075-8376

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