Tree Lab: Portable genomics for Early Detection of Plant Viruses and Pests in Sub-Saharan Africa

Tree Lab: Portable genomics for Early Detection of Plant Viruses and Pests in Sub-Saharan Africa

In this case study we successfully teamed the PDQeX DNA purification technology developed by MicroGEM, New Zealand, with the MinION and MinIT mobile sequencing devices developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies to produce an effective point-of-need field diagnostic system. The PDQeX extracts DNA usin...

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Main Authors: Laura M. Boykin, Peter Sseruwagi, Titus Alicai, Elijah Ateka, Ibrahim Umar Mohammed, Jo-Ann L. Stanton, Charles Kayuki, Deogratius Mark, Tarcisius Fute, Joel Erasto, Hilda Bachwenkizi, Brenda Muga, Naomi Mumo, Jenniffer Mwangi, Phillip Abidrabo, Geoffrey Okao-Okuja, Geresemu Omuut, Jacinta Akol, Hellen B. Apio, Francis Osingada, Monica A. Kehoe, David Eccles, Anders Savill, Stephen Lamb, Tonny Kinene, Christopher B. Rawle, Abishek Muralidhar, Kirsty Mayall, Fred Tairo, Joseph Ndunguru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
cassava
cassava mosaic begomovirus
cassava mosaic disease
Bemisia tabaci
whitefly
MinION
MinIT
PDQeX
Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/9/632

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