Soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) can be managed using natural sources of resistance, however, SCN populations adapt and reproduce on resistant soybean plants. The consequence of this "selection for virulent SCN biotypes" is that SCN resistance becomes less effective over time and new types of resistant plants must be deployed. It is time consuming and expensive to test SCN populations using greenhouse assays, thus a rapid DNA-based test is needed to detect the extent of virulent biotypes that have built up in field populations of SCN. This group has devised a simple quantitative real-time PCR assay that can detect SCN genes in field samples quickly and inexpensively (it costs $1/sample and...
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