Optimized protocol for culturing and extracting DNA from fungal isolates associated with brown spot needle blight in pine trees

• Temitope Ruth Folorunso ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: trf0019@auburn.edu

  Affiliation College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1276-692X

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• Gabriel Silva,

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Marilis E. Girón,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, F, Municipio de San Antonio de Oriente, Francisco Morazán, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

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• Tess Lindow,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Micah Persyn,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Lori Eckhardt,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Janna R. Willoughby

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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